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CHARTERED NOVEMBER 12, 1894. 

INCORPORATED NOVEMBER 20, 1894. 

ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 20, 1894. 



FIRST YEAR BOOK 1906. 



Constitution and By-Laws, List of Officers and Members, 
Historical Address, Etc. 



Compiled by 
CHARLES EDWIN ALLEN, 

State Registrar. 



Committee on Publication. 

GEORGE G. BENEDICT, 
CHARLES E. ALLEN, 
ROBERT NOBLE, 
THEODORE S. PECK, 
DANIEL W. ROBINSON. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

Historical, — Organization of the General Society 5 

Dates of Organizations and Charters of State Societies 6 

Society in the State of Vermont, 

Petition 6-7 

Charter 7-8 

Articles of Association 9-10 

OflScers of the State Society 11-15 

Constitution and By-Laws 16-28 

Form of Installation 28 

Abstracts of Claims of Members 29-133 

Names of deceased Members 134 

Sketches of deceased Members 135-161 

Resolutions on death of Governor Gen. F. J. de Peyster 161-162 

Historical Address 163-169 

Officers of the General Society 170-171 

Secretaries of the State Societies 171 



6 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

The following State Societies have since been established: 

Organized Chartered 

New Jersey ; May 1, 1894 May 8, 1894 

Virginia June 28, 1894 Nov. 12, 1894 

New Hampshire Sept. 27, 1894 Nov. 12, 1894 

Vermont Nov. 20, 1894 Nov. 12, 1894 

Illinois Dec. 7,1894 Nov. 12,1894 

Missouri Nov. 22, 1894 Nov. 12, 1894 

Ohio June 1, 1895 May 13, 1895 

Nebraska April 27, 1895 May 14, 1895 

Minnesota Oct. 1, 1895 Dec. 19, 1895 

Kentucky Dec. 23, 1895 Dec. 19, 1895 

California Nov. 30,1895 Dec. 19,1895 

Colorado April 10, 1896 May 7, 1896 

Iowa May 7, 1896 

Georgia Dec. 29, 1896 Nov. 19, 1896 

Michigan April 1,1897 May 13,1897 

Wisconsin April 26, 1897 May 13, 1897 

Delaware May 29, 1897 May 13, 1897 

Rhode Island July 5, 1897 Dec. 21, 1897 

Washington Nov. 16, 1898 

Maine Dec. 7, 1898 Nov. 17, 1898 

Indiana April 23, 1903 May 26, 1903 



THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE 
STATE OF VERMONT. 

On October i, 1894, the following named gentlemen met in 
St. Albans, Vermont, and prepared and executed a Petition 
to the General Council for a Charter for a State Society of 
Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont, as follows: 

STATE OF VERMONT, 

FRANKI.IN COUNTY, 

SL Albans, October ist, 1894. 

Captain Howi^and Pei.Iv., 

Secretary General of the General Society of Colonial Wars 
of the United States. 

We, the undersigned, members and prospective members of 
the Society of Colonial Wars, having met together with a view 
to organize the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of 



IN THE STATE OP VERMONT. 7 

Vermont, do hereby request the General Secretary of Colonial 
Wars to issue a charter to us, authorizing us to organize the 
said Society in accordance with the provisions of the general 
constitution. 

Signed, 

1 Edward Alonzo Chittenden, 

2 Theodore Saeeord Peck, 

3 William Seward Webb, 

4 Frederick Nash Morton, 

5 Robert Noble, 

6 Truman Chittenden Fletcher, 

7 George Grenville Benedict, 

8 Urban Andrian Woodbury, 

9 Robert Jackson Kimball, 

10 Hiram Augustus Huse, 

11 William Paul Dillingham. 

12 Charles Spooner Forbes, 

13 John Grant Norton, 

14 Austin Weld Fuller, 

15 Horace Edward Dyer. 

In accordance with the foregoing Petition the following 
Charter was granted on November 12th, 1894. 

CHARTER. 

VERMONT SOCIETY, STATE OE VERMONT, 

Franklin County, St. Albans, October ist, 1894. 

Captain Howland Pell, 

Secretary General of the General Society of Colonial Wars 
of the United States. 

We, the undersigned, members and prospective members of 
the Society of Colonial Wars, having met together with a view 
to organize the "Society of Colonial Wars in the State of 
Vermont," do hereby request the General Society of Colonial 



8 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Wars to issue a charter to us, authorizing us to organize the 
said Society in accordance with the provisions of the general 
constitution. 

Signed, 

1 Edward Alonzo Chittenden, 

2 Theodore Safeord Peck, 

3 WiLEiAM Seward Webb, 

4 Frederick Nash Morton, 

5 Robert Noble, 

6 Truman Chittenden Fletcher, 

7 George Grenville Benedict, 

8 Urban Andrian Woodbury, 

9 Robert Jackson Kimball, 
ID Hiram Augustus Huse, 

11 William Paul Dillingham, 

12 Charles Spooner Forbes, 

13 John Grant Norton, 

14 Austin Weld Fuller, 

15 Horace Edward Dyer. 

Approved by the Council General of the Society of Colonial 
Wars, held in New York City, November 12, 1894. 

(Seal of the Frederic J. de Peyster, 

General Society.) Governor General. 

Howland Pell, 

S ecretary-General. 

A true copy from the original. May 11, 1897. 

Howland Pell, 

Secretary-General. 

Delivered to Edward A, Chittenden, Deputy Governor Gen- 
eral at New Haven, Connecticut, May 13, 1897. 

True copy from the record on file with the Secretary-Gen- 
eral, May 28, 1906. 

Samuel V. Hoffman, 
Secretary-General, S. C. W. 

On November 20, 1894, the Society of Colonial Wars in 
the State of Vermont was incorporated, as follows. 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 9 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 
of the 

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 

We the subscribers, hereby associate ourselves together as a 
Corporation, under the Laws of the State of Vermont, to be 
known by the name of The Society of Colonial Wars in the 
State of Vermont, for the purpose of perpetuating the memory 
of the events of Colonial History happening from the settle- 
ment of Jamestown, Va., May 13, 1607, to the Battle of Lex- 
ington, April 19, 1775, and of the men, who in Military, Naval 
and Civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by their 
acts or council assisted in the establishment, defence and pres- 
ervation of the American Colonies, and were, in truth, the 
founders of this nation ; and, to that end, of collecting and 
preserving manuscripts, rolls and records — of providing suit- 
able commemorations or memorials relating to the American 
Colonial period, and to inspire in its members the fraternal and 
patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and in community respect 
and reverence to those whose public services made our free- 
dom and unity possible, in each of the towns and cities, in 
the State of Vermont, upon the following conditions : 

To establish proper rules and regulations for the conduct of 
the association for the purposes named ; for the choice of 
officers and the fees of members ; and for the admission of 
new members of the association under the rules established by 
The General Society of Colonial Wars. 

Dated at Montpelier, in the County of Washington, this 
twentieth day of November, A. D., 1894. 

Subscribers. Post Office Address. 

Edward Alonzo Chittenden St. Albans, Vermont 

Urban Andrian Woodbury Burlington, Vermont 

Theodore Safford Peck Burlington, Vermont 

William Seward Webb Shelburne, Vermont 



10 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

George Grenville Benedict .Burlington, Vermont 

Robert Jackson Kimball West Randolph, Vermont 

Horace Edward Dyer Rutland, Vermont 

Frederick Nash Morton St, Albans, Vermont 

Truman Chittenden Fletcher St. Johnsbury, Vermont 

John Grant Norton St. Albans, Vermont 

Robert Noble St. Albans, Vermont 

Austin Weld Fuller St. Albans, Vermont 

Charles Spooner Forbes St. Albans, Vermont 

William Paul Dillingham Waterbury, Vermont 

Hiram Augustus Huse Montpelier, Vermont 

STATE OF VERMONT. 

Office of the Secretary of State. 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the 

Articles of Association of The Society of Colonial Wars in the 

State of Vermont, as appears by the files and records of this 

office. 

Witness my signature and the seal of this 

office at Montpelier, this 20th day of No- 

[Seal] vember, one thousand eight hundred and 

ninety-four. 

Chauncey W. Brownell, 

Secretary of State. 

The first meeting was held at the office of the Adjutant Gen- 
eral, — Theodore S. Peck, a member of the Society, — in the 
State House, Montpelier, Vt., where the Society was organ- 
ized and its first officers elected. 

On February 22nd, 1895, the 171st anniversary of the settle- 
ment of Fort Dummer, (Brattleboro), and the 163rd anni- 
versary of the birth of George Washington, — the first General 
Court was held in Burlington, Vt., and a Constitution and 
By-Laws were adopted. 

At this Court all the officers elected at the meeting for the 
organization of the Society, held in Montpelier, Vt., November 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 11 

20, 1894, were re-elected for the ensuing year, and sixteen 
persons were added to membership in the Society. 

The business meeting was followed by a banquet at the 
Van Ness House. Among the invited guests were representa- 
tives from the Society of the Cincinnati ; the Society of Colon- 
ial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Dis- 
trict of Columbia ; the Colonial Dames ; Daughters and Sons 
of the American Revolution ; the Army and Navy of the U. S. ; 
the Grand Army of the Republic; the Sons of Veterans; the 
Loyal Legion; the Governor of the State and Mayor and 
President of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Burling- 
ton, Vt. 

Hon. George Grenville Benedict, the Historian of the So- 
ciety, and one of the Gentlemen of the Council, was the Orator 
of the occasion. His address appears in this volume. 

Since the organization of the Society of Colonial Wars in 
the State of Vermont the following persons have acted as 
Officers, Gentlemen of the Council, and Members of Com- 
mittees. 

GOVERNORS. 

Theodore Safford Peck 1894- 1895 

William Seward Webb 1896 

Urban Andrian Woodbury 1897 

Edward Curtis Smith 1898 

Charles Dewey . 1899 

Elias Lyman 1900 

Robert Noble 1901 

James Clay Houghton, Gov. elect, de- 
ceased before installation, G. G. 

Benedict acting Governor 1902 

George Grenville Benedict 1903 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield 1904 

Daniel Webster Robinson 1905-1906 

DEPUTY GOVERNORS-GENERAE. 

Past, Edward Alonzo Chittenden, St. Albans, Vt. 
Robert Noble, Burlington, Vt. 



12 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 



DEPUTY GOVERNORS. 

William Seward Webb 1894- 1895 

Urban Andrian Woodbury 1896 

Edward Curtis Smith 1897 

Charles Dewey 1898 

Elias Lyman 1899 

Robert Noble 1900 

James Clay Houghton 1901 

George Grenville Benedict 1902 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield 1903 

Daniel Webster Robinson 1904 

Jacob Gray Estey 1905-1906 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS. 

Urban Andrian Woodbury 1894- 1895 

Edward Curtis Smith 1896 

Charles Dewey 1897 

Elias Lyman 1898 

Robert Noble 1899 

James Clay Houghton 1900 

Wylie Brantley Jones 1901 

Eben Putnam 1902 

Daniel Webster Robinson 1903 

Jacob Gray Estey 1904 

John Heman Converse 1905- 1906 

SECRETARIES. 

John Grant Norton 1894-1897 

Robert Noble 1898 

Wylie Brantley Jones 1899-1900 

Eben Putnam 1901 

Charles Strain Van Patten 1902-1903 

Byron Nathaniel Clark 1904- 1906 

DEPUTY SECRETARIES. 

Robert Noble 1894-1895 

Robert Jackson Kimball 1896 

Jacob Gray Estey 1897-1898 

Horace Edward Dyer 1899-1900 

Charles Strain Van Patten 1901 

Frederick Wood Ward 1902 

Byron Nathaniel Clark 1903 

Harry Stinson Howard 1904- 1905 

John Henry Booth 1906 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 13 

TREASURERS. 

Charles Spooner Forbes 1894- 1905 

Harry Stinson Howard 1906 

CHAPLAINS. 

Austin Weld Fuller 1894-1895 

Robert Noble 1896 

Henry Wells 1897-1898 

Rev. William Shields Roberts, D. D..1899-1903 

William James Van Patten 1904-1905 

Rev. Thomas Butler 1906 

HISTORIANS. 

George Grenville Benedict 1894-1902 

Charles Allen Converse 1903- 1906 

REGISTRARS. 

Hiram Augustus Huse 1894- 1897 

James Clay Houghton 1898- 1899 

Julius William Russell 1900 

Died Feb. 25, 1900. 
Charles Edwin Allen, from Mar. 5. . . .1900-1906 

CHANCELLORS. 

William Paul Dillingham 1894- 1896 

John Erastus Hubbard 1897 

Horace Edward Dyer 1898 

Hiram Augustus Huse 1899-1900 

John Henry Booth 1901-1903 

Albert Tuttle 1904-1906 

SURGEON. 

LeRoy Monroe Bingham 1897-1906 

GENTLEMEN OE THE COUNCIL. 

George Grenville Benedict 1894- 1896 

Robert Jackson Kimball ..1894-1895, 1897-1898 

Frederick Nash Morton 1894- 1895 

Horace Edward Dyer 1894- 1896 

Truman Chittenden Fletcher, 

I 893- I 897, I 903- I 907 



14 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Austin Weld Fuller 1894-1898 

Charles Dewey 1896,1900-1902 

Edward Wells 1896- 1900, 1904- 1907 

Julius Jacob Estey 1896, 1901-1903 

William Paul Dillingham. . 1897- 1899, 1904-1906 

James Clay Houghton 1897 

Charles Edmund Miner 1898-1900 

Charles Allen Converse 1898 

Theodore Safford Peck 1899, 1900-1902 

William James Van Patten 1899-1901, 1906-1908 

Edward Alonzo Chittenden 1901-1904 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield .... 1902- 1904 

Urban Andrian Woodbury 1899- 1903 

Heman Woods Allen 1903-1907 

Horace Stewart Haskell 1902, 1904-1905 

Charles Spooner Forbes 1906- 1908 

COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP. 

Hiram Augustus Huse 1894-1895 

Horace Edward Dyer, 

1894-1895, 1897, 1901-1906 

George Grenville Benedict 1894-1895 

Austin Weld Fuller 1894- 1895 

Charles Spooner Forbes 1894-1895, 1897 

Heman Allen Waterman 1896 

Albert Emore Richardson 1896, 1899- 1900 

Charles Edmund Miner 1896-1897 

James Clay Houghton 1896 

Worthington Smith Telford 1896, 1898 

Frederick Howard Wells 1897- 1898 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield 1897-1898 

Urban Andrian Woodbury 1898 

John Erastus Hubbard 1898-1899 

Edward Curtis Smith 1899-1900 

William Seward Webb 1899- 1900 

Daniel Webster Robinson 1899-1900 

Stephen Perry Jocelyn 1900 

Charles Edwin Allen 1901-1906 

Eben Putnam 1901 

Albert Tuttle 1901-1906 

Henry Landon Ward 1902-1906 

Charles Lincoln Woodbury 1902- 1906 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 15 

COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. 

George Grenville Benedict 1899- 1906 

Julius William Russell 1899- 1900 

Frederick Howard Wells 1899-1900 

Charles Edwin Allen 1899-1900 

John Henry Booth 1899-1900 

William James Van Patten 1901-1906 

Charles Dewey 1901-1905 

Elias Lyman 1901-1906 

Austin Weld Fuller 1901 

Hiram Augustus Huse 1902 

Edward Philo Woodbury 1903-1906 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield 1906 

COMMITTEE ON INSTALLATION. 

William James Van Patten 1899-1900 

Albert Tuttle 1899-1900 

George Worthington 1899- 1906 

Charles Allen Converse 1899- 1900 

Ira Hobart Evans 1899-1901 

Truman Chittenden Fletcher 1 899-1 901 

Horace Stewart Haskell 1901 

Carroll Smalley Page 1901-1906 

Henry Wells 1901-1906 

Frederick Albert Richardson 1902- 1906 

Jacob Gray Estev 1902-1903 

Ralph Wright Putnam 1904- 1906 



16 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



PREAMBLE. 



Whereas, It is desirable that there should be adequate cele- 
brations commemorative of the events of Colonial history hap- 
pening from the settlement of Jamestown, Va,, May 13, 1607, 
to the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; 

Therefore, The Society of Colonial Wars has been instituted 
to perpetuate the memory of those events and of the men who 
in military, naval and civil positions of high trust and respon- 
sibility, by their acts or counsel assisted in the establishment, 
defense and preservation of the American Colonies, and were 
in truth the founders of this Nation. With this end in view it 
seeks to collect and preserve manuscripts, rolls, relics and rec- 
ords ; to provide suitable commemorations or memorials relat- 
ing to the American Colonial period, and to inspire in its 
members the fraternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers, 
and in the community respect and reverence for those whose 
public services made our freedom and unity possible. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The Society shall be known by the name and title of The 
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont. 

ARTICLE II. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of 
good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to mem- 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 17 

bership in this Society, who is Hneally descended in the male 
or female line from an ancestor : 

( 1 ) Who served as a military or naval ofificer, or as a 
soldier, sailor, or marine, or as a privateersman, under author- 
ity of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, 
or in the forces of Great Britain which participated with those 
of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colonies 
were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settle- 
ment of Jamestown, May 13th, 1607, to the Battle of Lexing- 
ton, April 19, 1775; or, 

(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the 
dates above mentioned, either as 

(a) Director-General, Vice-Director General, or member 
of the Council or Legislative body, in the Colony of New Neth- 
erlands ; 

(b) Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, Lord Pro- 
prietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council or Legis- 
lative body, in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Vir- 
ginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware ; 

(c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor, or mem- 
ber of the Council or of the Legislative body, in Maryland 
and the Carolinas ; 

(d) Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor's Assistant, or 
Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or 
member of the Council body of Assistants or Legislative body 
in any of the New England Colonies. 

ARTICLE IIL 

OFFICERS. 

The Officers of this Society shall be a Governor, a Deputy 
Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, a Secretary, a Deputy Sec- 
retary, a Treasurer, a Chaplain, a Historian, a Registrar, a 
Chancellor and a Surgeon, who shall be elected at the Gen- 
eral Court. 

These officers, together with the Deputy Governor General, 
(the Society's representative in the General Society) shall be 
ex-ofUcio members of the Council. 

ARTICLE IV. 

GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES. 

There shall be a Council consisting of six members — who 
shall be called "Gentlemen of the Council," — in addition to the 
ex-officio members ; a Committee on Membership, consisting of 



18 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

five members ; a Committee on Collection of Historical Docu- 
ments and Records, consisting- of five members, and a Commit- 
tee on Installation, consisting of five members. 

ARTICLE V. 

ELECTION Q]? OFFICERS. 

The Council shall appoint a Nominating Committee of three 
members who shall not be officers, who, two weeks before the 
General Court of the Society, shall report to the Council a list 
of nominations of members to the various offices and commit- 
tee places to be filled at the ensuing election. The Secretary 
shall send a copy of the said list to each member of the Society 
at least one week before the day fixed for the General Court. 
The officers, together with the Gentlemen of the Council and 
Members of Committees, shall be elected by ballot. A plural- 
ity vote shall elect, and said officers and committees shall hold 
office for the period of one year, or until their successors shall 
be duly elected and qualified, except that at each election two 
Gentlemen of the Council shall be elected for a term of three 
years. Vacancies occurring shall be filled for the residue of 
the current year as provided in the By-Laws. 

ARTICLE VI. 

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 

Every application for membership shall be made in writing, 
subscribed by the applicant, and approved by two members of 
the Society over their signatures. Application shall be accom- 
panied by proof of eligibility, and such application and proof 
shall be referred to the Committee on Membership, who shall 
carefully investigate the same and report at the next meeting 
their recommendation thereon. Members shall be elected by 
vote at a Council of the Society duly called, but a negative 
vote of one in five of the ballots cast shall cause the rejection 
of any candidate. Payment of initiation fee and dues, and as- 
sent to the following declaration shall be necessary to complete 
membership. 

ARTICLE VII. 

DECLARATION. 

Every member shall declare upon honor that he will use his 
best efforts to promote the purposes of the Society, and will ob- 
serve the Constitution and By-Laws of the same ; and if a 
citizen of the United States, shall declare that he will support 



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IN THE STATE OP VERMONT. 19 

the Constitution of the United States. When practicable such 
declaration shall be in writing and subscribed to by the mem- 
ber making it. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

PURPOSES. 

At every Council the purposes of the Society shall be con- 
sidered, and the best measures to promote them adopted. No 
party, political question of the day or existing controversial re- 
ligious subject shall be discussed or considered at any meeting 
of the Society, or of the Council. 

ARTICLE IX. 

COMMEMORATIONS. 

It shall be a regulation that members of the Society, when 
practicable, shall hold a celebration commemorative of some 
martial event in Colonial history, and dine together at least 
once in each year. 

ARTICLE X. 

THE SEAL. 

Previous to Vermont's Declaration of Independence the ter- 
ritory hitherto known as The New Hampshire Grants was 
claimed by the Provinces of New York and New Hampshire 
under conflicting authorizations from the English Crown. 
Charters of townships were granted by the royal governors of 
both provinces. The New York officers who undertook to dis- 
possess settlers holding their lands under grants from the 
Governor of New Hampshire, were resisted, and in some cases 
received what was known in that day as the application of the 
"Beech Seal" — being the administration of floggings with 
beech rods, called by Ethan Allen the "twigs of the wilder- 
ness." The officers of the first regularly organized corps of 
Green Mountain Boys were commissioned by the Province of 
New York. The Great Seal of the Vermont Society consists 
of a combination of the seals of New Hampshire and the orig- 
inal seal of New Netherlands, New York, while the beech seal 
of the Green Mountain Boys is represented by beech withes, 
which bind the ribbon at the base. A title scroll bears the 
figures "1724" and "1/75," being the dates of the first per- 
manent white settlement at Dummerston, and the end of the 
Colonial period. 



20 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

ARTICLE XI. 

INSIGNIA. 

The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge, pendant 
by a gold crown and ring, from a watered silk ribbon one inch 
and a half wide of red, bordered with white and edged with 
red. The badge shall be surrounded by a laurel wreath in gold 
and shall consist of : 

Obverse ; A white enameled star of nine points bordered with 
red enamel, having between each two starpoints a shield dis- 
playing an emblem of one of the nine original colonies ; and, 
within a blue enameled garter bearing the motto "Fortiter Pro 
Patria," an Indian's head in gold relievo. 

Reverse; The star above described, but with gold edge, each 
shield between the points displaying a mullet, and in the center, 
within an annulet of blue bearing the title "Society of Colonial 
Wars, 1607-1775," the figure of a colonial soldier in gold 
relievo. The reverse of the crown of each insignia shall bear 
an engraved number corresponding to that of the registered 
number of the member to whom such insignia has been issued. 

The insignia shall be worn by the members on all occasions 
when they assemble as such, for any stated purpose or celebra- 
tion, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony. It shall 
be worn conspicuously on the left breast ; but members who 
are or have been Gentlemen of the Council of a State Society, 
may place a rosette of regulation pattern upon the silk ribbon 
from which it is pendant. Members who are or have been 
General Officers, or Officers of a State Society, may wear the 
insignia with three jewels in the crown, and suspended from 
a regulation ribbon around the neck. Members who are or 
have been Governors, Deputy Governors or Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernors of State Societies, or officers of the General Society, 
may, in addition to the insignia so suspended, wear a ribbon of 
the Society's colors, three and one-half inches in width, ex- 
tending from tlie right shoulder to the left hip. The insignia 
shall be worn only as above described. 

ARTICLE XII. 

THE FLAG. 

The flag of this Society shall consist of the red cross of St. 
George on a white field, bearing in the center the seal of the 
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont. 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 21 

ARTICLE XIII. 

ALTERATION OR AMENDMENT. 

No alteration or amendment of the Constitution of this 
Society shall be made unless notice shall have been given in 
writing, signed by the members proposing the same, at a 
previous meeting of the General Court. The Secretary shall 
send a copy of the proposed amendment to each member of 
the Society, specifying time and place of the Court at which 
the same will be voted upon. 

No amendment shall be made unless adopted by a two- 
thirds vote of the members present at the Court voting upon 
the same. 



BY-LAWS. 



SECTION I. 

INSTALLATION FEES, DUES. 

The initiation fee shall be ten dollars ; the annual dues three 
dollars payable on or before the first of January of each year, 
after which members who have not paid will be deemed in 
arrears and debarred from voting at the meetings of the So- 
ciety. The payment at one time of twenty-five dollars shall 
exempt the member so paying from annual dues. 

SECTION II. 

GOVERNOR. 

The Governor, or, in his absence, the Deputy Governor, or 
Lieutenant-Governor, or Chairman pro tern., shall preside at all 
Courts of the Society, and shall exercise the duties of a pre- 
siding officer, under parliamentary rules, subject to an appeal 
to the Society. The Governor shall be a member ex-oMcio of 
all committees except the Nominating Committee and Com- 
mittee on Membership. He, or in his absence from the State, 
or incapacity to perform the duties of his office, the Deputy 
Governor, shall convene the Council upon the written request 
of two members thereof or of five members of the Society, 
and may otherwise convene the Council at his discretion. 



22 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

SECTION III. 

SECRETARY. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of 
the Society. He shall notify all elected candidates of their ad- 
mission, and perform such other duties as the Society or his 
office may require. He shall have charge of the seal, certifi- 
cates of incorporation, by-laws, historical and other documents 
and records of the Society other than those required to be de- 
posited with the Registrar, and shall affix the Seal to all prop- 
erly authenticated certificates of membership, and transmit the 
same to the members to whom they may be issued. He shall 
notify the Registrar of all admissions to membership. He 
shall certify all acts of the Society, and when required au- 
thenticate them under seal. He shall have charge of printing 
and of publications issued by the Society, and all publications 
donated to or acquired by purchase for the Society. He shall 
give due notice of the time and place of the holding of all 
courts of the Society and meetings of the Council, and shall 
incorporate in said notice the names of all applicants for mem- 
bership to be voted on at said Council, and shall be present at 
the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the 
proceedings and orders of the Society and of the Council, and 
shall give notice to each officer who may be affected by them, 
of all votes, resolutions and proceedings of the Society or the 
Council, and at the General Court, or oftener, shall report the 
names of candidates who have been admitted to membership 
and of any whose resignations have been accepted, and of any 
members who have been expelled for cause or who have failed 
to substantiate claim of descent. In his absence from any 
meeting the Deputy Secretary shall act, or a Secretary pro 
tempore may be designated. 

SECTION IV. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall collect the dues and keep the funds and 
securities of the Society ; and as often as such funds shall 
amount to one hundred dollars they shall be deposited in some 
bank in the State of Vermont, which shall be designated by the 
Council, to the credit of "The Society of Colonial Wars in the 
State of Vermont," and such funds shall be drawn thence on 
the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of the Society 
only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may 
be ordered by the Society or the Council, or his office may 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 23 

require. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and pay- 
ments, and at each annual meeting render the same to the 
Society. 

For the faithful performance of his duty he may be re- 
quired to give such security as the Society may deem proper. 

SECTION V. 

REGISTRAR. 

The Registrar shall receive from the Secretary and file all 
the proofs upon which membership has been granted with a 
list of all diplomas countersigned by him and all documents 
which the Society may obtain, and he, under direction of the 
Council, shall make copies of such papers as the owners may 
not be willing to leave in the keeping of the Society. 

SECTION VI. 

HISTORIAN. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all historical 
and commemorative celebrations of the Society, and he shall 
edit and prepare for publication such historical addresses, 
papers and other documents as the Society may see fit to pub- 
lish; also a necrological list for each year, with biographies of 
deceased members. 

SECTION VII. 

CHAPLAIN. 

The Chaplain shall officiate when called upon by the proper 
officers, 

SECTION VIII. 

CHANCELLOR. 

The Chancellor shall be a lawyer duly admitted to the bar, 
and it shall be his duty to give legal opinions on matters aflFect- 
ing the Society, without fee, when called upon by the proper 
officers. 

SECTION IX. 

SURGEON. 
The Surgeon shall be a practicing physician. 



24 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

SECTION X. 

the: council. 

The Council shall have power to call special Courts of the 
Society, and arrange for celebrations by the Society. They 
shall have control and management of the affairs and funds of 
the Society. They shall perform such duties as shall be pre- 
scribed by the Constitution and By-Laws, but they shall at no 
time be required to take any action or contract any debt for 
which they shall be liable. They may accept the resignation of 
any member of the Society. They may meet as often as re- 
quired, or at the call of the Governor. Three members shall be 
a quorum for the transaction of business. At the General Court 
they shall submit to the Society a report of their proceedings 
during the past year. The Council shall have the power to 
drop from the roll the name of any member of the Society who 
shall be at least two years in arrears and shall fail on proper 
notice to pay the same within sixty days, and on being dropped 
his membership shall cease, but he may be restored to mem- 
bership at any time by the Council upon his written application 
and the payment of all arrears from the date when he was 
dropped to the date of his restoration. The Council may sus- 
pend any ofificer for cause, which must be reported to the 
Society and action taken on the same within thirty days. 

SECTION XL 

VACANCIES AND TERMS OE OFElCE. 

Whenever an officer of this Society shall die, resign or neg- 
lect to serve, or be suspended, or be unable to perform his 
duties by reason of absence, sickness, or other cause, and when- 
ever an office shall be vacant which the Society shall not have 
filled by an election, the Council shall have power to appoint 
a member to such office pro tempore, who shall act in such ca- 
pacity until the Society shall elect a member to the vacant 
office, or until the inability due to said cause shall cease ; pro- 
vided, however, that the office of Governor or Secretary shall 
not be filled by the Council when there shall be a Deputy or 
Lieutenant-Governor or Deputy Secretary to enter on these 
duties. The Council may supply vacancies among its mem- 
bers under the same conditions, and should any member other 
than an officer be absent from three consecutive Councils, his 
place may be declared vacant by the Council and filled by ap- 
pointment until an election of a successor. Subject to these 
provisions, all Officers and Gentlemen of the Council shall 



IN THE STATE OP VERMONT. 25 

from the time of election continue in their respective offices 
until the next General Court, or until their successors are 
chosen, 

SECTION XIL 

RESIGNATION. 

No resignation of any member shall become effective unless 
consented to by the Council. 

SECTION XIII. 

DISQUALIFICATION. 

No person who may be enrolled as a member of this Society 
shall be permitted to continue in membership when his proofs 
of descent or eligibility shall be found to be defective. The 
Council, after thirty days' notice to such person to substanti- 
ate his claim, and upon his failure satisfactorily so to do, may 
require the Secretary to erase his name from the membership 
list. The said person shall have a right to appeal to the Soci- 
ety at its next Court, or at the General Court. If the said 
appeal be sustained by a two-thirds vote of the members pres- 
ent at such Court, the person's name shall be restored to the 
membership list. 

SECTION XIV. 

me;mbe;rship. 

Members shall be elected by ballot at a meeting of the Coun- 
cil after report by the Membership Committee ; but a negative 
vote of one in five of the ballots cast shall exclude any candi- 
date. 

SECTION XV. 

coMMiTTi:!; ON me;mbe;rship. 

The Committee on Membership shall consist of five mem- 
bers. They shall be chosen by ballot at the General Court of 
the Society, and shall be elected for the period of one year. 
Three members shall constitute a quorum, and a negative vote 
of three members shall cause an adverse report to the Council 
on the candidate's application. The proceedings of the Com- 
mittee shall be secret and confidential, and a candidate who has 
been rejected by the Council shall be ineligible for member- 
ship for a space of one year from the date of rejection, except 
upon the unanimous vote of the Committee. 



26 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

The Committee shall have power to make By-Laws for its 
government and for other purposes not inconsistent with the 
Constitution or By-Laws of the Society. 

SECTION XVL 

EXPULSION OR SUSPENSION. 

Any member for cause or conduct detrimental or antagonis- 
tic to the interests or purposes of the Society, or for just 
cause, may be suspended or expelled from the Society. But 
no member shall be expelled or suspended unless written 
charges be presented against such member to the Council. The 
Council shall give reasonable notice of such charges, and afford 
such member reasonable opportunity to be heard and refute 
the same. The Council, after hearing such charges, may 
recommend to the Society the expulsion or suspension of such 
member, and if the recommendation of the Council be adopted 
by a majority vote of the members of the Society present at 
sucli Court, he shall be so expelled or suspended, and the in- 
signia of said member shall thereupon be returned to the 
Treasurer of the Society, and his rights therein shall be ex- 
tinguished or suspended. The Treasurer shall refund to the 
said member the amount paid for the said insignia. 

SECTION XVII. 

COURTS. 

The General Court of the Society, at which shall be held 
the annual election for officers, shall be held on the anniversary 
of the first permanent settlement at Fort Dummer, February 
22, 1724, or upon the following Tuesday if that anniversary 
falls upon Sunday. 

There shall be held a Social Court at such time as the Gov- 
ernor may deem advisable, the character of the entertainment 
to be in the discretion of the Council. 

Special Courts may be called by the Governor at such times 
as the interests of the Society may demand, and must be called 
by the Secretary on written request of five members. 

Notices of Courts shall be sent out at least five days before 
the date of each Court. 

SECTION XVIII. 
SERVICE OF NOTICE. 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary 
by written communication of his place of residence and of any 



IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. 27 

change thereof, and of his post-office address. Service of any 
notice under the Constitution or By-Laws on any member, ad- 
dressed to his last residence or post-office address, forwarded 
by mail, shall be sufficient service of notice. 

SECTION XIX. 

DEATH OF MEMBERS. 

Upon the death of any member, notice thereof and the time 
and place of the funeral shall be published by the Secretary 
at least once in one daily newspaper in Vermont, and it shall 
thereupon become the duty of members, if practicable, to at- 
tend the obsequies. Upon official information of the death of 
a member, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint 
from the Society four members as a Committee to represent 
the Society at the funeral. Any member who becomes aware 
of the death of a fellow member shall make it his duty to see 
that the Secretary is properly notified of the fact. 

SECTION XX. 

ALTERATION OR AMENDMENT. 

No alteration or amendment of the By-Laws shall be made 
unless notice shall have been duly given in writing, signed by 
the member proposing the same, at a previous Court of the 
Society. 

The Secretary shall send a copy of the proposed amend- 
ment to each member of the Society, and state the time and 
place of the Court at which the same will be voted upon. No 
amendment or alteration shall be made unless adopted by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present at the Court voting 
upon the same. 



DESCRIPTION OE SEAL. 

In Colonial times Vermont was claimed by both New York 
and New Hampshire. The early grants overlapped and were 
made by the Royal Governors of New Hampshire and New 
York without regard to conflicting claims. The result was 
a petty warfare between rival claimants, the New Hampshire 
grantees or their assigns generally being resident on their 
grants. The settlers hesitated not to assert their rights, even 



28 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

by flogging the emissaries sent to dispossess them or to sur- 
vey lands claimed under New York grants. "The application 
of the Beech Seal," as such flogging was termed, was not ad- 
ministered more often than necessity required. The contro- 
versies resulted in a declaration of complete independence. 
Vermont as such, therefore, cannot claim to have been a colony 
with legal rights and boundaries, and had no Great Seal in 
Colonial times. For these reasons it has seemed proper that 
the Great Seal of the Society should have a combination of 
those of New York and New Hampshire, including the date of 
the first white settlement at Dummerston, 1724, and the end of 
the Colonial period, 1775, also the "Beech Seal" of the "Green 
Mountain Boys" represented by the beech withes which bind 
the ribbon at the base. 

The Great Seal of the Society of Colonial Wars in the 
State of Vermont, is a ribbon of the order united at the base 
by beech withes, bearing a title scroll, "1724, Society of Colon- 
ial Wars in the State of Vermont, 1775," surrounding a diaper 
carrying a shield bearing the Colonial Seals of New York and 
New Hampshire joined, surmounted by the crown. 

FORM OF INSTALLATION. 

The Governor elect will be escorted to the front of the chair, 
by the installation committee, and formally presented to the 
presiding officer. 

The members will rise and remain standing while the Gov- 
ernor elect makes the following declaration : "I declare my al- 
legiance to the United States, whose independence and unity 
became possible through, the patriotic efforts and sacrifices of 
our Colonial Ancestors ; and to the Commonwealth of Ver- 
mont; and that I will well and faithfully perform the duties 
of the oflice upon which I am about to enter." 

The presiding officer will then vacate the chair, which will 
be taken by the new Governor, with such remarks as he may 
choose to offer. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 29 

ABSTRACTS 

OF 

CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 



CHARLES EDWIN ALLEN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 48. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2562. 

Admitted 27 July, 1898, in right of descent from Capt. 
Myles Standish of Duxbury, Mass. (1584- 1656.) 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Edwin Allen, of Burlington, Vt., born in Burling- 
ton, Vt. 28 November, 1838. 

son of 

Joseph Dana Allen, of Burlington, Vt., born in Burlington, 
N, Y., 16 October, 1799, died in Burlington, Vt., 12 October, 
1878, and Eliza Rachel Johnson, who was born in Essex, Vt., 
9 September, 1800, m. in Burlington, Vt., 22 January, 1836, 
died in Burlington, Vt., 18 May, 1890. 

son of 

Phineas Allen, Jr. born in Mansfield, Conn., 29 October, 
1758, died in Poland, N. Y., 6 September, 1851, and Sibbel 
Bicknell, who was born in Ashford, Conn., 7 November, 1766, 
m. in Enfield, Conn., 9 March, 1785, died in Poland, N. Y., 21 
December, 1846. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 

son of 

Phineas Allen, Sr. born in Windham Co., Conn., 24 July, 
1731, died in Windham Co., Conn., 21 December, 1776, and 
Alice Cady, of Killingly, Conn., who was born 1734, m. 18 
October, 1753, died 13 May, 1764. 

son of 

Timothy Allen, born in Bridgewater, Mass., 22 February, 
1691, died in Norwich, Conn., and Rachel Bushnell of Nor- 
wich, Conn., who was m. 11 October, 1714. 

son of 

Samuel Allen, Jr. born 4 December, 1660, and Rebecca 
Cary, (ist wife) who was born 30 March, 1665, m. 1685, died 
1697. 



30 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

daughter of 

John Gary, born 29 July, 1642, and Tvlary Standish, 

daughter of 

Capt. Josiah Standish, born 1634, died 19 March, 1690, 
and Sarah Allen, (2nd wife) daughter of Samuel Allen of 
Braintree, who was born 1639, ^^- 1656. 
son of 

Capt. Myles Standish, born in Lancashire, England, 1584, 
died in Duxbury, Mass., 3 October, 1656, and Barbara . 

Myles Standish received the first Military Commission given in 
this country. Was Assistant, 1624, et seq. Member of Council of 
War, Plymouth Colony. In 1649 appointed General in Chief of all 
the Companies in the Colony. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Capt. Josiah Standish, of Duxbury and Bridg- 
water, Mass. (1634-1690) 

Ensign at Duxbury, 1654. Lieut, at Bridgewater, 1660. Captain 
at Duxbury, 1665 et seq. Member of Council of War 1658, 16S1. In 
King Philip's War. 

6th from Samuel Allen, of Bridgewater, Mass., (1632-1703), 

In King Philip's War. Deputy to General Court, 1693. 

5th from Capt. Timothy Johnson. (1679-1771). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Eliza Rachel Johnson, wife of Joseph Dana Allen, was the 
daughter of John Johnson, of Burlington, Vt. 

son of 

Corp. Benjamin Johnson, born in Andover, Mass., 4 June, 
1744, died in Canterbury, N. H., 21 October, 1832, and Eliza- 
beth Boardman, who was born in Preston, Conn., 29 Septem- 
ber, 1746, died 7 March, 1820. He was a Revolutionary 
soldier. 

son of 

Asa Johnson, born 27 March, 1716, died in Andover, Mass., 
2 March, 1749, and Anne Armstrong, who was born in Charles- 
town, Mass., 1719, m. 1736, died 10 April, 1792. 

son of 

Capt. Timothy Johnson, born 25 March, 1679, died 1771, 
and Catherine Sprague, who was born 1682, m. 3 May, 1705, 
died in Andover, Mass., 22 February, 1758. 

Timothy Johnson was Lieut, in 4th Mass. Reg't. Expedition 
against Louisburg. 1745. Representative, 1737-45. Deputy three 
years. Capt. in French and Indian Wars. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 31 

HEMAN WOODS ALLEN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 57. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3S00. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from John 
Allen, of Sudbury, Mass. (1631-1711). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Heman Woods Allen, Col. V. N. G., of Burlington, Vt., 
born 3 April, 1844, in Westford, Vt. 

son of 

John Allen, born in Barre, Mass., 24 September, 1797, died 
in Westford, Vt., 23 August, 1856, and Clarissa Rice, who 
was born in Westford. Vt., 23 August, 1803, m. in Westford, 
Vt., 8 May, 1822, died in Westford, Vt., 2 April, 1868. 

son of 

Capt. John Allen, born in Barre, Mass., 5 May, 1764, died in 
Barre, Mass., 11 October, 181 1, and Anna Robinson, who was 
m. 8 November, 1788. 

son of 

Zebadiah Allen, born in Sudbury, Mass., 12 March, 1734, 
and Hannah Grout, who was m. i October, 1761. 

son of 

Capt. Zebadiah Allen, born in Weston, Mass., 19 January, 
1702, died in Sudbury, ]\Iass., 2 June, 1777, and Mary Hoar, 
who was m. 21 January, 1726, died in Sudbury, Mass., 7 June, 
1777. 

son of 

Benjamin Allen, born in Newbury, Mass., 30 January, 1662, 
died in Weston, Mass., 12 August, 1721, and Frances Rice, 
who was born in Sudbury, Mass., 3 February, 1671, died about 
1767. 

son of 

John Allen, born about 1631, died in Newbury, Mass., i 

December, 171 1, and Sarah , (ist wife) who died 12 

January, 1702. 

John Allen was a minute man in King Philip's War, and suffered, 
"With others, many privations and much damage and loss. 



32 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

GEORGE GRENVILLE BENEDICT. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 7. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 734. 

Admitted I2 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Capt. Stephen Dewey, (i 719- 1796.) 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

George Granville Benedict, Col. V. N. G., of Burlington, 
Vt., born in Burlington, Vt., 10 December, 1826. 

son of 

George Wyllys Benedict, born in Stamford, Conn., 11 Janu- 
ary, 1796, died' in Burlington, Vt., 24 September, 1871, and 
Eliza Dewey, who was born in Sheffield, Mass., 5 October, 
1793, m. in Shefifield. Mass., 5 June, 1823, died in Burlington, 
Vt., 12 November, 1841. 

daughter of 

Stephen Dewey, born in Sheffield, Alass., 8 September, 1760, 
died in Sheffield, Mass., 3 January, 1826, and Elizabeth Owen, 
who was born in Sheffield, Mass., 23 December, 1759, died in 
Stockbridge, Mass., 10 January, 1852. 

son of 

Capt. Stephen Dewey, born in Westfield, Mass., 13 May, 
1719, died in Sheffield, Mass., 25 July, 1796, and Joanna 
Taylor, who was born in Westfield, Mass., 1723, died in 
Sheffield, Mass., 12 May, 1792. 

Stephen Dewey was a Captain in Col. William Williams's Regiment 
of Mass. Colonial Infantry, raised for the invasion of Canada. His 
commission bears date of 3 Julj% 1756. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Thomas Benedict, (1617-1690) who came from 
Nottinghamshire, Eng., in 1638. 

Was Lieut, in Capt. Bryan Newton's Foot Co. of Jamaica, L. I., 
1665. Selectman for seventeen years. Member of Colonial Assem- 
bly at Hempstead. Deputy to General Court, 1670-75. 

6th from John Benedict. 

Freeman of Norwalk, Conn., 1680. Selectman 1689, 92-94, 99. Rep- 
resentative, 1722-25. 

5th from Capt. James Benedict, (1685-1762) original 
settler of Ridgfield, Conn. 

Justice of the Peace, 1731-38. Representative, 1740-45, 48-52. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 33 

LE ROY MONROE BINGHAM. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 27. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2423. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Capt. Samuel Bingham, of Windham, Conn. (1685-1760). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Le Roy Monroe Bingham, M. D., Surg. Gen. V, N. G., of 
BurHngton, Vt., born in Fletcher, Vt., 10 April, 1845. 

son of 

Royal Tyler Bingham, born in Fletcher, Vt., 10 August, 
1810, died in Fletcher, Vt., August, 1892, and Amy Proctor, 
who was born in Westford, Vt., 12 August, 1804, died in 
Fletcher, Vt., August, 1890. 

son of 

Elias Bingham, Jr. born in Windham, Conn., 22 July, 1779, 
died in Fletcher, Vt., 3 September, 1804, and Abigail Hutch- 
ins, who was born 25 June, 1779, died 8 October, 1823. 

son of 

Elias Bingham, Sr. born in Windham, Conn., 28 September, 
1753, died 17 May, 1829, and Vashti Elderkin, who was born 
19 July, 1753, died 3 September, 1804. 

soil of 

Capt. Samuel Bingham, born 28 March, 1685, died i March, 
1760, and Faith Ripley, who died 11 February, 1721. 

Samuel Bingham was commissioned Lieut, of 2nd. Co. or Train- 
Band, in Windham, Conn., May, 1736. Captain in Conn. Regt, May, 
1741. 



JOHN HENRY BOOTH. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 35. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2431. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Sergt. John Booth, Stratford, Conn. (1653-1728). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

John Henry Booth, of Plattsburgh, N. Y., born in Ver- 
gennes, Vt., 20 December, 1863. 



34 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Cyrus Austin Booth, born in Newtown, Conn., i October, 
1822, died in Vergennes, Vt., 21 June, 1897, and Sarah B. 
White, who was born in Vergennes, Vt., 27 September, 1824, 
died in Vergennes, Vt., 12 May, 1893. 

son of 

Austin Booth, born and died in Newtown, Conn., and 
Phoebe Botsford, who was born and died in Newtown, Conn. 

son of 

'Ezra. Booth, born in Newtown, Conn., 1745, died in New- 
town, Conn., 18 July, 1812, and Abigail Beers, who died in 
Newtown, Conn. 

son of 

Lt. Daniel Booth, born in Stratford, Conn., 12 January, 
1704, died in Newtown, Conn., 8 April, 1777, and Eunice 
Bennett, who died in Newtown, Conn. 

son of 

Jonathan Booth, born in Stratford, Conn., 1681, died in 
Newtown, Conn., 8 February, 1755, and Hester Galpin, who 
died in Newtown, Conn. 

son of 

Sergt. John Booth, born in Stratford, Conn., 6 November, 
1653, died in Stratford, Conn., 1728, and Dorothy Hawley, 
who was born in Roxbury, Conn., died in Stratford, Conn., 
1710. 

John Booth was Sergt. of a company under Capt. Nat. Seeley, 
Col. Benjamin Church, commanding, King Philip's Wiar, 1675. Deputy 
for Stratford, Conn. 1696. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

4th from Daniel Booth, (1704-1777). 

Lieut. 2nd Co. Newtown, Conn. Representative, 1751-61. 



CHARLES SMITH BOYNTON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 56. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3399. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from Lt. 
Nathaniel Putnam of Salem Village, Mass. (1619-1700). 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 35 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Smith Boynton, M. D., of Burlington, Vt., born in 
Laconia, N. H., 8 January, 1836. 

son of 

Moses Smith Boynton, born in Gilmanton, N. H., 15 Octo- 
ber, 1806, died in Burlington, Vt., 6 May, 1888, and Mary 
Sanborn, who was born in Washington, Vt., 31 July, 1810, m. 
in Lake Village, N. H., 23 jNIay, 1834, died in Burlington, Vt., 
22 August, 1887. 

son of 

Thomas Boynton, born 3 December, 1766, died in Wash- 
ington, Vt., 18 August, 1847, Slid Hannah Putnam, who was 
born in Wilton, N. H., 17 May, 1770, m. in Temple, N. H., 
died in Gilmanton, N. H., 1806. 

daughter of 

Joseph Putnam, born in Wilton, N. H., 28 February, 1744, 
died in Marshfield, Vt., 17 November, 1826, and Miriam 
Hamblett, who was m. 1763, died in Marshfield, Vt., 12 Febru- 
ary, 1836. 

son of 

Jacob Putnam, born in Salem Village, Mass., 9 March, 171 1, 
died in Wilton, N. H., 10 February, 1781. and Susanna Harri- 
man, who was m. in Salem, Mass., 17 July, 1735. 

son of 

Dea. Nathaniel Putnam, born in Salem Village, Mass., 25 
August, 1686, died in Salem Village, Mass., 21 October, 1754, 
and Hannah Roberts, who was m. in Salem Village, Mass., 4 
June, 1709, died in Salem Village, Mass., about 1763. 

Nathaniel Putnam was Lieut. Foot Co. of Salem Village, Mass., 
1683. Deputy to the General Court, 1C90-91. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLABL 

6th from Capt. Benjamin Putnam, ( 1664- 1 715). 
Lieut, and Captain, 1706-11. 



THOMAS BUTLER. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 72. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3801, 

Admitted 19 April, 1905, in right of descent from Capt. 
Thomas Holme, (1624- 1695). 



36 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Rev. Thomas Butler, of Concord, Vt., born in Philadelphia, 
Pa., 17 May, 1871. 

son of 

George Wallace Butler, born in Philadelphia, Pa., 6 October, 
1841, and Frances Jane Oldham, who was born in Mt. Holly, 
N. J., 9 July, 1846. 

daughter of 

John James Oldham, born in Belfast, Ireland, 18 April, 1796, 
died in Philadelphia, Pa., 14 April, 185 1, and Rachel Rickey 
Crispin, who was born in Torresdale, Pa., 2y July, 1803, died 
in Philadelphia, Pa., 22 December, 1868. 

daughter of 

Joseph Crispin, born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1761, died in 
Philadelphia, Pa., 18 February, 1828, and Elizabeth Rickey, 
who was born in Holmesburg, Pa., 9 March, 1775, died in 
Holmesburg, Pa. 

son of 

Silas Crispin, born in Holmesburg, Pa., (Will probated 25 

January, 1800,) and Martha , who died in Holmesburg, 

Pa. 

son of 

Thomas Crispin, born in Holmesburg, Pa., 22 June, 1694, 
died in Holmesburg, Pa., and Jane Ashton, who died in Pliila- 
delphia, Pa. 

son of 

Silas Crispin, born in England, died in Philadelphia, Pa., 31 
May, 171 1, and Hester Holme, who was born in Ireland, died 
in Philadelphia, Pa., 17 April, 1696. 

He was a cousin of "William Penn. 

daughter of 

Capt. Thomas Holme, born, probably, in Yorkshire, Eng- 
land, 1624, died in Philadelphia, Pa., 1695. 

Thomas Holme was a Provincial Councillor of the Province of 
Penna. 1683-86, and during the absence of Thomas Lloyd, the Presi- 
dent, in 1685, was acting President. He was also a member of the 
first Assembly of the Province, which convened at Upland, 4 Dec. 
1682. Was a Captain under Cromwell, but became a "Friend" dur- 
ing his residence in Ireland, where he had received confiscated 
estates for his military service. 



ABSTHACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 37 

EDWARD ALONZO CHITTENDEN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 1. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 505. 

Admitted 30 July, 1894, in right of descent from Lieut. 
Col. Thomas Chittenden of Williston, Vermont, (1730- 
1797). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Edward Alonzo Chittenden, Col. V. N. G., of St. Albans, 
Vermont, born in Williston, Vt., 8 August, 1841. 
son of 

Truman Alonzo Chittenden, born in Jericho, Vt., 9 January, 
1796, died in Williston, Vt., 10 April, 1870, and Betsey Rhodes, 
who was born in Fort No. 4, (Charlestown,) N. H., 14 August, 

1796, died in Williston, Vt., 13 August, 1892. 

son of 

Gov. Martin Chittenden, born in Salisbury, Conn., 12 
March, 1763, died in Williston, Vt., 5 September, 1840, and 
Anne Bentley, who was born 1769, died in Williston, Vt., 25 
September, 1828. 

son of 

Lieut. Col. Thomas Chittenden, born in East Guilford, 
Conn., 6 January, 1730, died in Williston, Vt., 25 August, 

1797, and Elizabeth Meigs, who was born in East Guilford, 
Conn., 16 October, 1732, died in Williston, Vt., 14 October, 
1817. 

Thomas Chittenden was Major 14th Regiment of Connecticut Col- 
onial Militia, Oct., 1767-May, 1770. Lieut. Col. of same regiment. 
May, 1770-73. Representative to Colonial Assemhly from Guilford, 
Conn., for six years. Removed to Vermont in 1774. Was Governor 
of Vermont, 1778-97, except in 1789. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Major William Chittenden, (i 594-1660). 

One of the four persons who received from the Colony "Full power 
and authority to act, order and dispatch all matters respecting the 
public weale and civil government of the plantation, until a church 
is gathered among us." On the gathering of the church, 29 June, 
1643, the four magistrates resigned, and William Chittenden, who 
had been a Major in the English Army, was elected principal mili- 
tary man, with the title of Lieutenant. He was also a magistrate 
and Deputy to the General Court of the Colony for seventeen years, 
till his death. 

7th from Major Simon Willard, (1605-1676). 



38 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Deputy, 1636-54. Gov.'s Asst, 1654-76. Commander-in-Chief of 
the expedition against the Niantics, 1665. Commanded the Middle- 
sex, Mass., Regt. in King Philip's War. Led the heroic relief at the 
battle of Brookfield. One of the founders of Concord, Mass. 

5th from Capt. Janna Meigs of Guilford, Conn., (1672- 
1739). 
Captain of the Guilford Co., 1717. Deputy, 1716-18. 



BYRON NATHANIEL CLARK. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 67. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3388. 

Admitted 9 February, 1903, in right of descent from 
Lieut. Edward Gove of Hampton, N. H. (1630-1691.) 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Byron Nathaniel Clark of Burlington, Vt., was born in 
Strafford, Vt., 5 October, 1866. 

son of 

Albion T. Clark, born in Strafford, Vt., 17 November, 1840, 
and Ann L. Gove, who was born in Strafford, Vt., 2y May, 
1845, m. in Montpelier, Vt., 27 May, 1865. 

daughter of 

Nathaniel Gove, born in Strafford, Vt., 23 March, 1819, 
died in Strafford, Vt., 24 July, 1878, and Lucia Kibling, who 
was born in Strafford, Vt., i September, 1823, m. in Strafford, 
Vt., 14 March, 1844. 

son of 

Enos Gove, born in Deering, N. H., 5 February, 1785, died 
in Strafford, Vt., 13 September, 1864, and Mercy Eastman, 
who was born in Henniker, N. H., 3 November, 1791, m. 5 
April, 1808, died in Strafford, Vt., 30 June, 1861. 

son of 

Col. Nathaniel Gove, born 31 December, 1755, died 9 Janu- 
ary, 1829, and Elizabeth Sanborn, who was born 13 June, 1756. 

son of 

Nathaniel Gove, born 24 July, 1721, died 15 April, 1793, and 
Susan Stickney, who was m. 14 September, i743- 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 39 

son of 

Edward Gove, born 29 May, 1697, died 10 July, 1765, and 
Bethiah Clark, who was born 6 May, 1697, died 19 April, 
1727. 

son of 

Ebenezer Gove, born in Hampton, N. H., 23 May, 1671^ 
died in Hampton, N. H., 16 April, 1758, and Judith Sanborn, 
who was born in Hampton, N. H., 8 August, 1675, m. 20 
December, 1692. 

son of 

Lieut. Edward Gove, born in London, Eng., 1630, died in 
Hampton, N. H., 29 July, 1691, and Hannah Titcomb, who 
was born in Hampton, N. H., 8 January, 1642, m. 1660, died 
about 1 71 2. 

Edward Gove was Representative in the first assembly of N. H., 
1680-82. He was the first man to lead in open resistance to the 
tyranny of royal rulers in New Hampshire, and the first to suffer 
punishment for adhesion to the principles of liberty. He was im- 
prisoned in the Tower of London, 1683, and pardoned by King James 
II in 1685. Commissioned Lieut, in Hampton Military Co. in 1690. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

loth from Tristram Coffin, Sr. (1605-1681). 

Commissioner at Salisbury. Chief Magistrate for Nantucket under 
Gov. Lovelace of N. Y., 1671, 77, 78. 

loth from Capt. Edmund Greenleaf of Boston, Mass., (1600- 
1671). 

Ensign, 1639. Lieut, 1642. Captain, 1644. 

9th from Lieut. Tristram Coffin, Jr., of Newbury, Mass., 
(1632-1704). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1695-1702. 

9th from John Coolidge, of Watertown, Mass., (1604- 
1691). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1658. 

9th from Corp. John, Livermore, of Watertown, Mass., 
(1606-1684). 

In New Haven, Conn., Comp., 1647. 

9th from Lieut John Sanborn, of Hampton, N. H., (1620- 
1692). 

In King William's War. Ensign, 1677. Lieut, 1679. Deputy, 1685. 

9th from William Titcomb, of Newbury, Mass. ( 1676). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1655. 



40 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

8th from Capt. William Bond, of Watertown, Mass., (1625- 
1695)- 

Deputy, 1689, 93, 95. Speaker, 1691, 93, 95. Capt. in King Philip's 
War. Member of Council of Safety. 

8th. from Sergt. Henry Bright, of Watertown Mass., (1602- 
1686). 
Sergt. Watertown, Mass., Military Comp., 1664. 

8th from Sergt. John Coolidge, of Watertown, Mass., (1630- 
1691). 

In King Philip's War, 1675-76. 

8th from Philip Eastman, of Haverhill, Mass., (1644 ). 

In King Philip's War, 1675-76. 

8th from Dea. Thomas Hastings, of Watertown, Mass., 
(1605-1685). 
Deputy to the General Court, 1673. 
8th from Capt. John Sanborn, of Hampton, N. H., (1649- 

Lieut., 1678. Captain, 1690. At garrison Fort William and Mary, 
1708. 

7th from Ebenezer Gove, of Hampton, N. H., (1671-1758), 

In King William's War. In garrison Fort William and Mary, 
1708. In the Indian Wars his house was the garrison house at 
Saybrook. 



CHARLES ALLEN CONVERSE. 

STATE No. 23. GENERAL SOCIETY No. 2419. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Edward Convers of Woburn, Mass., (1590-1663). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Allen Converse, of Philadelphia, Pa., born in Bur- 
lington, Vt., 17 May, 1847. 

son of 

Rev. John Kendrick Converse, born in Lyme, N. H., 15 
June, 1801, died in Burlington, Vt., 3 October, 1880, and 
Sarah Allen, who was born in Milton, Vt., 13 August, 1810, 
m. 21 May, 1834, died in Burlington, Vt., 14 April, 1873. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 41 

son of 

Joel Converse, born in Thompson Parish, Killingly, Conn., 
2 September, 1750, died in Lyme, N. H., 29 June, 1822. and 
Elizabeth Bixby, (second wife), who was born in Killingly, 
Conn., 2 September, 1762, m. 20 January, 1785, died in Lyme, 
N. H., 12 November, 1850. 

son of 

Thomas Convers, born in Woburn, Mass., 28 October, 1699, 
died in Thompson, Conn., about 1760, and Abigail Fay, (sec- 
ond wife,) who was born 19 January, 1709, m. 3 November, 
1737- 
son of 

Samuel Convers, Jr. born in Woburn, Mass., 4 April, 1662, 

died in Thompson, Conn., about 1732, and Dorcas . 

He was the founder of Thompson, Conn. 

son of 

Sergt. Samuel Convers Sr. born in Charlestown, Mass., 
baptized 12 March, 1637-8, died in Woburn, Mass., 20 Febru- 
ary, 1669, and Judith Carter, who died 1677. 

son of 

Dea. Edward Convers, died in Woburn, Mass., 10 August, 

1663, and Sarah , died in Woburn, Mass., 14 January, 

1661-2. 

Edward Convers came to New England in 1630. He was among 
those who formed the First Church of Boston, Mass., 30 July, 1630. 
He established the first ferry between Boston and Charlestown, 
Mass. He was one of the Selectmen of Charlestown, 1635-1639; 
foremost of the founders of Woburn, Mass., 1639, and is said to have 
erected the first house there, and became identified with that town, 
serving as Selectman, Deacon of the church, from its organization 
until his death. Deputy to the General Court in 1660. 

ABSTRACT OF SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

BIXBY. 

6th from Sergt. Joseph Bixby, ( 1700). 

Elizabeth Bixby, second wife of Joel Converse, was the 

daughter of 

Jonathan Bixby, born in Sutton, Mass., 29 Sept., 1728. 

son of 

Samuel Bixby, bap. 2 June, 1689, and Martha Underwood 
who was born 30 June, 1689. 

son of 

Benjamin Bixby, born in Ipswich, Mass., 1653. 



42 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Joseph Bixby, born in England, died 19 April, 1700, and 
Sarah (Wyatt) Heard, who died 3 June, 1704. 

Joseph Bixby was Sergt. of Rowley Train Band. In King Phil- 
ip's War (1675) he served in Capt. Brocklebank's Co. He was also 
one of the soldiers who were credited under Capt. Appleton, March 
24, 1675, and was listed in the Narragansett campaign. He was one 
of the grantees from the town of Boxford, in the Narragansett 
township, No. 3. Now Amherst, N. H. 

FAY. 

5th from John Fay, (1648-1690). 
Abigail Fay, second wife of Thomas Converse, was the 

daughter of 

Samuel Fay, born 11 October, 1673, died previous to 1749, 
and Tabitha Ward, who was born 16 May, 1675. 

son- of 

John Fay, born in England about 1648, died in Marlboro, 
Mass., 5 December, 1690, and Mary Brigham, daughter of 
Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, Mass., who died 8 Decem- 
ber, 1653. 

John Fay left Gravesend, England, a lad of eight years, 30 May, 
1656, and arrived in Boston, Mass., 27 June, 1656. Settled first in 
Sudbury, and subsequently lived in Watertown and Marlboro, Mass. 
In King Philip's War, 1675, he was designated with others, to defend 
the garrison house of William Kerley, in Marlboro, in case of an 
attack. 

WARD. 

6th from Sergt. William Ward, (1597- 1687). 
Tabitha Ward, wife of Samuel Fay, was 

daughter of 

Increase Ward, born 22 February, 1644, died 1690. 

son of 

William Ward, born 1597, died in Marlboro, Mass., 10 
August, 1687. 

William Ward was Deputy to the General Court from Sudbury in 
1644, and Deputy from Marlboro in 1666. He was one of the found- 
ers of the town of Marlboro, Deacon in the church first organized 
there, was Sergt. in charge of the wounded at New London after the 
battle at Narragansett Fort, and also in charge of the magazine at 
Marlboro, under Capt. Syll in January, 1676. 

Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward of the Continental forces and member of 
Congress in the Revolutionary War, was his great grandson. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 43 

ALLEN. 
4th from Samuel Allen, (1702-1746). 

Sarah Allen, wife of Rev. John K. Converse, was the 
daughter of 

Hon. Heman Allen, M. C, born 14 June, 1777, died 11 
December, 1844, and Sarah Prentis, who was born 3 Febru- 
ary, 1786, m. 4 December, 1804, died i December, 1850. 

Heman Allen lived in Grand Isle and Milton, Vt., and removed to 
Burlington, Vt., in 1828. He represented Milton in the Legislature. 
Elected to the Supreme Court in 1827, but declined to serve. Mem^ 
ber of Congress, 1832-40. Elected Trustee of the University of Ver- 
mont in 1813. 

son of 

Corp. Enoch Allen, of Ashfield, Mass., born 2y November, 
1744, m. 28 November, 1771, died in Ashfield, Mass., 8 July, 
1789, and Mercy Belding. 

Enoch Allen marched to Lexington, Mass., on the alarm of 19 
April, 1775, and served during the siege of Boston in Col. John Fel- 
lovi^s's regiment, Capt. Ebenezer Webber's company, in which his 
brother Samuel was lieutenant. He was corporal in Capt. Ephraim 
Jennings's company. Col. David "Wells's regiment, in the forces oper- 
ating against Burgoyne. 

son of 

Samuel Allen of Deerfield, Mass., born 6 April, 1702, killed 
by Indians 25 August, 1746, and Hannah Hawks, who was 
born 7 July, 1703, m. 3 November, 1727, died 8 March, 1771. 

Samuel Allen was killed at the "Bars," Deerfield, while defend- 
ing the place from assault by Indians. He had previously served 
as "Centenel," in the company of Capt. Joseph Kellogg, from 19 
May to 16 Nov., 1725. During this service he was wounded, 

5th from Edward Allen, Jr., (1663-1740). 

Samuel Allen of Deerfield, Mass., was 

son of 

Edward Allen Jr. of Deerfield, Mass., born i May, 1663, 
died 10 February, 1740, and Mercy Painter, who was m. 24 
November, 1683. 

Edward Allen, Jr., removed from Suffield to Deerfield in 1684. 
He was active in the defence of Deerfield in King William's War 
and Queen Anne's War. He was in military service in 1709. On 
the 17th of April, 1707, he proceeded, with John Sheldon and others, 
to Canada, by order of Gov. Dudley, to recover the English captives 
there. They returned on the 18th of September with seven redeemed 
captives, after suffering great dangers and fatigues. 



44 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

LAMBERTON. 

7th from Capt. George Lamberton, ( 1646). 

Mercy Painter, wife of Edward Allen, Jr. 

daughter of 

Shubael Painter, of Westerly, R. L, and Mercy Lamberton, 
who was baptized 17 January, 1641. 
daughter of 

Capt. George Lamberton, of New Haven and Margaret. 

George Lamberton was admitted a member of General Court 1 
July, 1640. Was frequently in public service. Deputy, 1643, 44, 45. 
In 1643 he was master of the "Cock," and, visiting the governor of 
the Swedish fort on the Delaware, was thrown into prison upon a 
charge of instigating the Indians against the Swedes. He was con- 
cerned in the attempt to plant a colony on the Delaware. He sailed 
for England in 1646 in a ship which was never heard from. The 
story of the "Phantom Ship," told at length in Atwater's History 
of New Haven, was the subject of a short poem by Longfellow, and 
the legend was also used by Irving. 

BELDEN, or BELDING. 

6th from Samuel Belden, (1657-1713). 

Mercy Belden, wife of Corp. Enoch Allen, was 

daughter of 

Dea. Ebenezer Belden, of Hatfield and Ashfield, Mass., born 
29 July, 1714, and Hannah Nash, who was born 16 Septem- 
ber, 1716, m. 30 September, 1736. 

son of 

John Belden of Hatfield, born 13 November, 1669, died 18 
October, 1725, and Sarah Wait, daughter of Benjamin Wait, 
who was killed at the Meadow Fight, Deerfield, 29 February, 
1703-4. 

son of 

Samuel Belden Sr. of Wethersfield and Hatfield, born in 

England, 1657, died 3 January, 1713, and Mary who was 

killed by the Indians at Hatfield, 19 September, 1677. 

Samuel Belden was a soldier, under Capt. William Turner, at the 
Falls Fight, 1676, and was granted a share in the township above 
Deerfield. 

STONE. 
8th from Rev. Samuel Stone, (1602-1663). 
Hannah Nash, wife of Dea. Ebenezer Belden, of Hatfield 
and Ashfield, Mass., was born 16 September, 17 16, m. 30 
September, 1736. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 45 

daughter of 

John Nash of Hatfield, born in Hadle}^ Mass., 28 October, 
1686, died 7 April, 1764, and Abilene Field, who was born 2 
July, 1690, m. 29 Dec. 171 5, died July, 1764. 

son of 

Thomas Nash of Hadley and Hatfield, born in Hartford, 
Conn., about 1661, died 19 January, 1727-8, and Hannah Cole- 
man, who was born 14 February, 1667, m. August, 1685, died 
4 July, 1722. 

son of 

Lieut. Timothy Nash, of New Haven, Hartford and Had- 
ley, Conn., born 1626, died 13 March, 1699, and Rebekah 
Stone who was m. about 1657, died 1709. 

daughter of 

Samuel Stone, of Hartford, Conn., baptized in Hertford, 
England, 30 July, 1602, died 20 July, 1663. 

Rev. Samuel Stone was Chaplain to the troops under Capt. John 
Mason In the Pequot War, 1637. He was sent by the Court, with 
Thomas Stanton and Mr. Goodwin, to treat with "Seheage," the 
Indian Sachem, 5 April, 1638. His family were granted 600 acres 
of land for his good service to the country. 

NASH. 

7th from Lieut. Timothy Nash, (1626-1699). 

Thomas Nash of Hadley and Hatfield. 

son of 

Lieut. Timothy Nash of New Haven, Hartford and Had- 
ley, born in England or Leyden, Holland, 1626, died 13 March, 
1699, and Rebekah Stone, who was m. about 1657, died 1709. 

Timothy Nash was Ensign, 3rd Co. of Hadley, Mass., until 1692. 
Deputy to the General Court, 1690-92, 1695. 

COLEMAN. 

8th from Thomas Coleman, (16001674). 

Hannah Coleman, wife of Thomas Nash of Hadley and 
Hatfield, was 

daughter of 

Dea. John Coleman, born in England. 1635, died in Hatfield, 
Mass., 21 January, 1711, and Hannah Porter, who was born 4 
September, 1642, m. 29 May, 1663, killed by the Indians in the 
attack upon Hatfield, 19 September, 1677. 



46 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

SOU of 

Thomas Coleman of Wethersfield and Hadley, Mass., born 
in England about 1600, died September, 1674. 

Thomas Coleman was Deputy to General Court, 1650-1654. In 
1654 he was appointed by the Court to join with the Dep. Gov. to 
procure men and supplies for the expedition against Ninigret, Nar- 
ragansett War. It was said of him by Hinman, the historian, that 
"Few men sustained a higher reputation in the Colony." 

PORTER. 

8th from John Porter Sr., (1600-1648). 

Hannah Porter, wife of Dea. John Coleman of Hatfield, 
Mass., was 

daughter of 

John Porter Sr. of Windsor, Conn., born in England, 
Came from England to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, died in 
Windsor, Conn., 22 April, 1648. His wife's maiden name was 
probably Anna White, baptized Messing, County Essex, Eng- 
land, 13 July, 1600. 

John Porter, Sr., was Constable for Windsor, 1639, and Deputy to 
the General Court, 1646-47. His will was proved 7 June, 1649. 

HAWKS. 

5th from EHezer Hawks, (1655-1727). 

Hannah Hawks, wife of Samuel Allen of Deerfield. 

daughter of 

Dea. Eliezer Hawks of Hadley, Mass., born 20 December, 
1655, died 27 March, 1727. and Judith Smead who was born 
18 February, 1664, m. 30 April, 1689, died 27 January, 1718-9. 

Eliezer Hawks came with the first permanent settlers to Deer- 
field, and was constantly in town office. He was in the Falls Fight, 
under Capt. William Turner, and "came out without a scratch." 

WAIT. 

6th from Sergt. Benjamin Wait, (1647-1704). 

Sarah Wait, wife of John Belden, of Hatfield, Mass., was 

daughter of 

Sergt. Benjamin Wait and Martha Leonard. 

Benjamin Wait served under Capt. William Turner, in the Falls 
Fight, 1676, and was slain in the Meadow Fight, Deerfield, 29 
Feb., 1704. He was sent to Canada, under a commission from the 
Gov. of Mass., to secure the return of the persons captured by the 
Indians in the attack on Hatfield, 19 Sept., 1677. 



ABSTRACTS OP CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 47 

SMEAD. 
6th from William Smead, (1635-1704). 
Judith Smead, wife of Eliezer Hawks, of Deerfield, Mass. 

daughter of 

VVilliam Smead of Northampton, Mass., born 1635, ^^^^ 
before 1704, and Elizabeth Lawrence, of Hingham, baptized 6 
March, 1641-2, killed by Indians, 29 February, 1704. 

William Smead was the son of the widow, Judith Smead, of Dor- 
chester, who was formerly wife of John Denman and sister of Col. 
Israel Stoughton, one of the most prominent men in the Colony. 
William Smead was in the Falls Fight, under Capt. William Turner. 
His son William was killed at Bloody Brook. 

BATE, or BATES. 

8th from James Bates, (i 582-1655). 

Elizabeth Lawrence, wife of William Smead of Northamp- 
ton, Mass., was 

daughter of 

Thomas Lawrence of Hingham, Mass., died in Hingham, 
5 November, 1655, and Elizabeth Bate (or Bates.) 

daughter of 

James Bate (or Bates), of Dorchester, ]\Iass., born 1582, 
died 1655, and Alice Glover. 

James Bate (or Bates) sailed in the "Elizabeth," Capt. Stagg, 
from England, in April, 1635, with his wife Alice and several chil- 
dren. In the "passenger list" he is styled "husbandman." He joined 
the church in 1636. Became freeman in 1636. Was Selectman, 1637- 
38, and 1651. Was Deputy to the General Court in 1640 and repre- 
sented Hingham in 1641. 

PRENTIS. 
4th from Capt. Joseph Prentis, (1701-1773). 
Sarah Prentis, wife of Hon. Heman Allen, was 

daughter of 

Dr. Jonathan Prentis, bom 12 July, 1750, died in St. Albans, 
Vt., 3 April, 1833, and Margaret Daniels of Groton, Conn., 
who was born 17 April, 1756, m. 8 April, 1772, died 2 Decem- 
ber, 1824. 

son of 

Capt. Joseph Prentis of New London, Conn., born 27 May, 
1701, (Will proved 9 November, 1773,) and Mercy Gilbert, 
born 4 October, 1709, m. 2 May, 1727. 



48 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Joseph Prentis was commissioned lieutenant in the Train Band 
in New London, Conn., 1737; commissioned captain, 1748. Of his 
sons, Stephen was killed at Bunker Hill, and Benjamin at Saratoga. 

5th from Capt. Stephen Prentis, (i 666- 1758). 

Capt. Stephen Prentis of New London, Conn., born 26 
December, 1666, died near Niantic Ferry in 1758, and EHza- 
beth Rogers, who died 30 April, 1737. 

Stephen Prentis was commissioned captain of the Train Band in 
New London, Conn., 1727. Was one of the overseers of the Niantic 
Indians, 1728. Was Deputy to the General Court, 1728-29, and 31. 

6th from John Prentis Sr., ( 1691). 

Capt. Stephen Prentis of New London, Conn., was 
son of 

John Prentis Sr. of Roxbury, Mass., and New London, 
Conn., came from England 1631, died in 1691, and Hester 
, who died in 1679-80. 

John Prentis, Sr., was shipmaster and Deputy to the General 
Court from Fairfield, 1668. His father, Valentine Prentis, came from 
Nazing, Essex, England, joined the church at Roxbury and was 
admitted freeman in 1632, and died in 1633. 

GILBERT. 

6th from Cornet Jonathan Gilbert, (1618-1682). 

Mercy Gilbert, wife of Capt. Joseph Prentis of New Lon- 
don, Conn., was 

daughter of 

Samuel Gilbert of New London, Conn., (in 1688) and Mary 
Rogers, who was born in New London, Conn., April, 1667, 
m. 2 October, 1685. 

son of 

Jonathan Gilbert, born in 1618, died in Hartford, Conn., 10 
December, 1682, and Mary Welles, his second wife, who was 
born in 1626, m. 1650, died 3 July, 1700. 

Jonathan Gilbert was trooper under Maj. John Mason, 1657-58. 
Commissioner to the Indians, 1657. Collector of Customs at Hart- 
ford, 1658-59. Marshal, 1664. Cornet in Hartford Co. Troop of 
Horse, 1668. Deputy to the General Court, 1677-78 and 1681. 

WELLES. 

7th from Ensign Hugh Welles Sr., (i 590-1645). 

Mary Welles, second wife of Jonathan Gilbert of Hartford, 
Conn., was 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 49 

daughter of 

Hugh Welles Sr. of Hartford and Wethersfield, Conn., born 
in Essex County, England, about 1590, died in Wethersfield 

about 1645, ^"d Frances , his wife. (m. about 1619.) 

Hugh Welles was an Ensign of Militia in Wethersfield, Conn. 

STANTON. 
8th from Thomas Stanton, (1616-1677). 

Mary Rogers, wife of Samuel Gilbert, of New London, 
Conn., was 

daughter of 

Samuel Rogers of New London, Conn., born in 1640, died 
I December, 1713, and Mary Stanton, (m. 17 November, 1662.) 

daughter of 

Thomas Stanton of Stonington and Hartford, Conn., born. 
1616, died 1677, and Anna Lord, who was born in England, 
1621, m. about 1637, died 1688. 

Thomas Stanton was Indian Interpreter to John Winthrop, the 
younger, in Connecticut, before the Pequot War. In that war he 
rendered valuable services at Saybrook Fort. Was Indian Interpre- 
ter to the General Court of Conn, in all controversies between whites 
and Indians. Was Commissioner at Mystic and Pawkatuck, 11 May, 
1665, and Deputy to the General Court, 10 May, 1666. He received 
a grant of 250 acres of land for his valuable services. 

ROGERS. 

7th from James Rogers, (161 5- 1687). 
Elizabeth Rogers, wife of Capt. Stephen Prentis, was 

daughter of 

John Rogers, of Milford and New London, Conn., bap- 
tized 1648, and died 17 October, 1721, and Elizabeth Griswold. 

son of 

James Rogers of Stratford, Milford and New London, 
Conn., died in New London, February, 1687-8 and Elizabeth, 
daughter of Samuel Rowland. 

James Rogers came to New England in 1635, aet. 20. He was ap- 
pointed Commissioner, 17 May, 1660, at a court of election held in 
Hartford. Deputy, 1665. Assistant, 1678-80. 

GRISWOLD. 

7th from Lieut. Matthew Griswold, (1620-1698). 
Elizabeth Griswold, wife of John Rogers, was 



50 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

daughter of 

Lieut. Matthew Griswold, of Windsor, Saybrook and Lyme, 
Conn., born near Kenil worth, England, about 1620, died in 
Lyme, 27 September, 1698, and Anna Wolcott. 

Matthew Griswold was employed upon public business relating to 
military affairs in 1647, 1660. Deputy to the General Court, 1667- 
68, 1678-85. Acting Lieut, at Lyme, 1667. Commissioner, 1679-89. 

WOLCOTT. 
8th from Henry Wolcott, (i 578-1655). 

Anna Wolcott, wife of Lieut. Matthew Griswold, was 

daughter of 

Henry Wolcott, of Windsor, Conn., baptized in Lydiard, 
St. Lawrence, England, 6 December, 1578, died in Windsor, 
Conn., 30 May, 1655, and Elizabeth Saunders, baptized 20 
December, 1584, died 7 July, 1655. 

Henry Wolcott was sworn Constable, 26 April, 1636. Collector for 
Hartford, 1637-8. Deputy to Particular Court, 5 June, 1643. Deputy 
to General Court, 9 Sept., 1647. He was the second son of John 
Wolcott of Tolland, Somersetshire, England. 



JOHN HEMAN CONVERSE. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 65. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3359. 

Admitted 22 February, 1902, in right of descent from 
Capt. Stephen Prentis, of New London, Conn., (1666- 
1758). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

John Heman Converse of Philadelphia, Pa., born in Burling- 
ton, Vt., 2 December, 1840. 

son of 

Rev. John Kendrick Converse, born in Lyme, N. H., 
15 June, 1 801, died in Burlington, Vt., 3 October, 1880, and 
Sarah Allen, who was born in Milton, Vt., 13 August, 18 10, 
m. in Burlington, Vt., 21 May, 1834, died in Burlington, Vt., 
14 April, 187^3. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 51 

dangii'tcr of 

Hon. Heman Allen, M. C, born in Ashfield, Mass., 14 June, 
1777, died in Burlington, Vt., 11 December, 1844, and Sarah 
Prentis, who was born 3 February, 1786, m. 4 December, 
1804, died in Burlington, Vt., i December, 1850. 

daughter of 

Dr. Jonathan Prentis, born 12 July, 1750, died in St. Albans, 
Vt., 3 April, 1833, and Margaret Daniels, who was born 17 
April, 1756, m. 8 April, 1772, died 2 December, 1824. 

son of 

Capt. Joseph Prentis, born 27 May, 1701, (Will proved 9 
November, 1773,) and Mercy Gilbert, who was born in Col- 
chester, Conn., 4 October, 1709, m. 2 May, 1727. 

son of 

Capt. Stephen Prentis, born 26 December, 1666, died on his 
farm, near Niantic Ferry, Conn., 1758, and Elizabeth Rogers, 
who died 30 April, 1737. 

Stephen Prentis was commissioned Captain of the Train Band in 
New London, Conn., 11 May, 1727. Was one of the "Overseers" of 
the Niantic Indians, 1728. Deputy to the General Court, 1728, 29, 31. 

ABSTRACT OF SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

CONVERSE. 

6th from Dea. Edward Convers, ( 1663). 

Rev. John Kendrick Converse, father of John Heman Con- 
verse, was the 

son of 

Joel Converse, born in Thompson Parish, Killingly, Conn., 
2 September, 1750, died in Lyme, N. H., 29 June, 1822, and 
Elizabeth Bixby (2nd. wife), who was born in Killingly, 
Conn., 2 September, 1762, m. 20 January, 1785, died in Lyme, 
N. H., 12 November, 1850. 

son of 

Thomas Convers, born in Woburn, Mass., 28 October, 1699, 
died in Thompson, Conn., about 1760, and Abigail Fay, (2nd. 
wife) who was born 19 January, 1709, m. 3 November, 1737. 

son of 

Samuel Convers, Jr. born in Woburn, Mass., 4 April, 1662, 

died in Thompson, Conn., about 1732, and Dorcas . 

He was the founder of Thompson, Conn. 



62 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Sergt. Samuel Convers, Sr. born in Charlestown, Mass., 
baptized 12 March, 1637, died in Woburn, Mass., 20 February, 
1669, and Judith Carter, who died 1677. 

son of 

Dea. Edward Convers, born in England, died in Woburn, 

Mass., 10 August, 1663, and Sarah , who died in Woburn, 

Mass., 14 January, 1661-2. 

Edward Convers came to New England with John Winthrop 
in 1630. Was among those who formed the First Church of 
Boston, Mass., 30 July, 1630. Established the first ferry be- 
tween Boston and Charlestown, Mass., 1630. Selectman of Charles- 
town, 1635-39. Foremost of the founders of Woburn, Mass., 1639. 
Erected its first house. Selectman, 1644-63. Deacon of the church 
from its organization until his death. Deputy, Mass. Bay Colony, 
1660. 

For other Supplemental Claims see those of his brother. 
Col. Charles A. Converse, of Philadelphia, Pa. State No. 23. 



CHARLES DEWEY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 17. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2413. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 

Cornet Thomas Dewey of Windsor, Conn., ( 1648). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Dewey of Montpelier, Vt., born in Montpelier, Vt., 
27 March, 1826, died in Montpelier, Vt., 31 August, 1905. 

son of 

Dr. Julius Yeamans Dewey, born in Berlin, Vt., 22 August, 
1801, died in Montpelier, Vt., 29 May, 1877, and Mary Per- 
rin, (ist wife) who was born in Gilead, Conn., 30 January, 
1799, m. in Berlin, Vt., 9 June, 1825, died in Montpelier, Vt., 
3 September, 1843. 

son of 

Simeon Dewey, born in Hebron, Conn., 20 August, 1770, 
died in Norwich, Vt., 11 January, 1863, and Prudence Yeamans, 
who was born in Colchester, Conn., 29 March, 1772, m. in 
Norwich Vt., 27 February, 1794, died in Berlin, Vt., i April, 
1844. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 53 

SOJl of 

Corp. William Dewey, born in Lebanon, Conn., 22 January, 
1746, died in Hanover, N. H., 10 June, 1813, and Rebecca 
Carrier, who was born in Colchester, Conn., 30 March, 1746, 
m. 1768, died in Hanover, N. H., 6 July, 1837, 

son of 

Simeon Dewey, born in Lebanon, Conn., 12 May, 1718, died 
in Lebanon, Conn., 13 March, 1750, and Anna Phelps, who 
was born in Mansfield, Conn., 17 August, 1719, m. 29 March, 
1739, died in Hanover, N. H., 25 September, 1807. 

son of 

William Dewey, born in Northampton, Mass., January, 
1692, died in Albany, N. Y., 10 November, 1759, and Mrs. 
Mercy (Sexton) Bailey, who was born 1686, m. 2 July, 171 3. 

son of 

Josiah Dewey, Jr. born in Northampton, Mass., 24 Decem- 
ber, 1666, died in Lebanon, Conn., 1750, and Mehitable Miller, 
who was born in Northampton, IMass., 10 July, 1666, m. 15 
January, 1691, died in Northampton, Mass. 

son of 

Josiah Dewey, Sr. born in Windsor, Conn. (Baptised 10 
October, 1641) died in Lebanon, Conn., 7 September, 1732, 
and Hepzibah Lyman, who was born in Windsor, Conn., 1644, 
m. at Northampton, Mass., 6 November, 1662, died in Leb- 
anon, Conn., 4 June, 1732. 

son of 

Cornet Thomas Dewey, born in England, died in Windsor, 
Conn., 2y April, 1648, and Mrs. Frances Clark, who was m. at 
Windsor, Conn., 22 March, 1639, died in Westfield, Mass., 
27 September, 1690. 

Thomas Dewey was Cornet of Windsor, Conn., Troop and several 
times Deputy to the General Court. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

9th from Capt. Elizur Holvoke of Springfield, Mass., 
(1618-1676). 

Ensign, 1653. Lieut., 1657. Capt., 1663. Deputy, 1656. Second in 
command at Springfield and Hadley, King Philip's War. 

8th from William Pynchon of Springfield, Mass., (1589- 
1662). 

Asst. and Treas. Mass. Bay Colony, 1632-34. Gov. of Springfield, 
1641-50. Gov. Magistrate of Conn., 1637-38. 



54 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

7th from Capt, John Talcott of Wethersfield, Mass., 
(1600-1660). 

Lieut, and Capt. Train Band. Deputy (Mass.) 1634-36, (Conn.) 
1637-53. Asst, 1654-60. Treas., 1652-60. 

6th from Capt. Samtiel Talcott, (1635-1691). 

Lieut. Hartford Troop, King Philip's War, 1677. Captain, 1681. 
Deputy, 1669-84. Asst., 1685-91. 



GEORGE DEWEY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 52. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2663. 

Admitted 2'j July, 1898, in right of descent from Cornet 
Thomas Dewey of Windsor, Conn., ( 1648). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N., born in Montpelier, Vt., 
26 December, 1837. 

son of 

Dr. Julius Yeamans Dewey, born in Berlin, Vt., 22 August, 
1 801, died in Montpelier, Vt., 29 May, 1877, and Mary Perrin, 
(ist wife.) who was born in Gilead. Conn., 30 January, 1799, 
m. in Berlin, Vt., 9 June, 1825, died in Montpelier, Vt., 3 
September, 1843. 

son of 

Simeon Dewey, born in Hebron, Conn., 20 August, 1770, 
died in Norwich, Vt., 11 June, 1863, and Prudence Yea- 
mans, who was born in Colchester, Conn., 29 March, 1772, 
m. in Norwich, Vt., 27 February, 1794, died in Berlin, Vt., 
I April, 1844. 

son of 

Corp. William Dewey, born in Lebanon, Conn., 22 January, 
1746, died in Hanover, N. H., 10 June, 181 3, and Rebecca 
Carrier, who was born in Colchester, Conn., 30 March, 1746, 
m. 1768, died in Hanover, N. H,, 6 July, 1837. 

son of 

Simeon Dewey, born in Lebanon, Conn., 12 May, 1718, 
died in Lebanon, Conn., 13 March, 1750, and Anna Phelps, 
who was born in Mansfield, Conn., 17 August, 17 19, m, 29 
March, 1739, died in Hanover, N. H., 25 September, 1807. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 55 

son of 

William Dewey, born in Northampton, Mass., January, 
1692, died in Albany, N. Y., 10 November, 1759, and Mrs. 
Mercy (Sexton) Bailey, who was born 1686, m. 2 Julv, 1713. 

son of 

Josiah Dewey, Jr. born in Northampton, Mass., 24 Decem- 
ber, 1666, died in Lebanon, Conn., 1750, and Mehitable Miller, 
who was born in Northampton, Mass., 10 July, 1666, m. 15 
January, 1691, died in Northampton, Mass. 

son of 

Josiah Dewey, Sr. born in Windsor, Conn., (Baptised 10 
October, 1641) died in Lebanon, Conn., 7 September, 1732, 
and Hepzibah Lyman, who was born in Windsor, Conn., 1644, 
m. at Northampton, Mass., 6 November, 1662, died in Leb- 
anon, Conn., 4 June, 1732. 

son of 

Cornet Thomas Dewey, born in England, died in Windsor, 
Conn., 2y April, 1648, and Mrs. Frances Clark, who was m. at 
Windsor, Conn., 22 March, 1639, died in Westfield, Mass., 
2y September, 1690. 

Thomas Dewey was Cornet of Windsor, Conn., Troop, and several 
times Deputy to the General Court. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 
See those of his brother, Charles Dewey, State No. 17. 



WILLIAM TARBOX DEWEY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 77. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 4000. 

Admitted 27 July, 1906, in right of descent from Captain 
John Alden, (1599- 1687.) 

Abstract of Claim on Hie. 

William Tarbox Dewey, of Montpelier, Vt., born in Mont- 
pelier, Vt., 30 September, 1852. 

son of 

Charles Dewey, born in Montpelier, Vt., 27 March, 1826, 
died in Montpelier, Vt., 31 August, 1905, and Betsey Tarbox, 



m SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

who was born in Randolph, Vt., 22 May, 1829, m. in Mont- 
peHer, Vt., 3 May, 1848. 

don g liter of 

Lund Tarbox, born in Randolph, Vt., 31 December, 1799, 
died in Randolph, Vt., 23 August, 1841, and Susan Edson, 
who was born in Bethel, Vt., 15 July, 1799, m, in Randolph, 
Vt., 3 October, 1822, died in MontpeHer, Vt., 11 September, 
1854. 
daughter of 

Timothy Edson, Jr., born in Randolph, Vt., 20 March, 1778, 
died in Randolph, Vt., 18 February, 1801, and Mary Downer, 
who was m. in Randolph, Vt., 1798, died in Middlebury, Vt., 
1821-2. 

son of 

Capt. Timothy Edson, born in Stafford, Conn., 25 March, 
1754, died in Randolph, Vt., 19 June, 1831, and Susan Orcutt, 
who was born in Stafford, Conn., 1758, m. 1777, died in Ran- 
dolph, Vt., 17 February, 1847. 

son of 

Timothy Edson, Sr., born in Bridgewater, Mass., 19 June, 
1722, died in Hingham, Mass., and Lydia Joy, who was born 
in Hingham, Mass., 5 October, 1725, m. in Hingham, Mass., 
27 March, 1745, died in Randolph, Vt., 2;^ August, 1806. 

son of 

Timothy Edson, born in Bridgewater, Mass., March, 1694, 
died in Stafford, Conn., 20 January, 1782, and Ivlary Alden, 
who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., 10 April, 1699, m. in 
Bridgewater, Mass., 10 February, 1719, died in Stafford, 
Conn., 14 February, 1782. 

daughter of 

Dea. Joseph Alden, born in Bridgewater, Mass., 1667-8, 
died in Bridgewater, Mass., 22 December, 1747, and Hannah 
Dunham, who was born in Plymouth, Mass., 1670, m. 1689- 
90, died 14 January, 1747-8. 

son of 

Joseph Alden, born in Plymouth, Mass., 1624, died in West 
Bridgewater, Mass., 8 February 1697, and Mary Simmons, 
who was m. 1657. 

son of 

Capt. John Alden, born in England, 1599, died in Duxbury, 
Mass., 2 September, 1687, and Priscilla Mullens (Molines), 
who was m. 1621-3, died 5 February, 1688. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 57 

John Alden was one of the Leyden Pilgrims who came from Eng- 
land in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Was Captain in Myles Standish, 
Duxbury Company, 1643. Governor's Assistant, 1632, 34-39, 50-86. 
Deputy, 1641-42, 48-49. Member of the Council of War, 1646, 58-60, 
67-71, 75-76. Governor pro tem., 1664-5, 1677. Was one of the 
original proprietors of Bridgewater, Mass. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 
See those of his father, Charles Dewey, State No. 17. 



WILLIAM PAUL DILLINGHAM. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 11. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 738. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Sergt. Paul Dillingham, ( 1759)- 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

William Paul Dillingham, Ex. Gov. of Vermont and U. S. 
Senator, of Waterbury, Vt., born in Waterbury, Vt., 12 De- 
cember, 1843. 

SOJl of 

Ex-Gov. Paul Dillingham, born in Shutesbury, Mass., 10 
August, 1799, died in Waterbury, Vt., 26 July, 1891, and 
Julia Carpenter, who was born in Waterbury, Vt., 3 December, 
1812, died in Waterbury, Vt., 15 September, 1898. 

son of 

Paul Dillingham, born in Taunton, Mass., 6 October, 1759, 
died in Waterbury, Vt., 14 July, 1848, and Hannah Smith, 
who was born March, 1766, and died in Waterbury, Vt. 

son of 

Sergt. Paul Dillingham, born in Taunton, Mass., between 
1728 and 1733, died in Quebec, Canada, 13 September, 1759, 
and Anne Paul, who was born in Taunton, Mass., m. 18 De- 
cember, 1753, died in Dighton, Mass. 

Paul Dillingham was Sergt. in Samuel N. Nichols's Co. in the 
Crown Point Expedition. In April, 1759, he enlisted in a Mass. regi- 
ment which went to the assistance of the English forces in Canada 
under Gen. Wolfe. In the assault on Quebec, 13 Stept., 1759, he was 
wounded and died. 



58 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

DANIEL BURNS DYER. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 66. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3552. 

Admitted 22 February, 1902, in right of descent from 
Capt. Roger Williams of Providence, R. I., (i 599-1683). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Daniel Burns Dyer of Augusta, Ga., was born in Plainfield, 
111., 21 March, 1849. 

son of 

George Randolph Dyer, born in Clarendon, Vt., 3 June, 
1813, died in Excelsior Springs, Mo., 15 July, 1895, and 
Elizabeth Howe Kimball, who was born in Grafton, N. H., 16 
December, 1818, m. in Elgin, 111., 8 January, 1841, died in 
Quapaw Mission, Indian Territory, 14 April, 1881. 

son of 

Daniel Dyer, bom in West Greenwich, R. L, 16 October, 
1764, died in Clarendon, Vt., 14 February, 1842, and Susannah 
Olin, who was born in East Greenwich, R. I., 19 November, 
1767, m. in Shaftsbury, Vt., 19 March, 1787, died in Claren- 
don, Vt., 8 September, 1841. 

son of 

George Dyer, born in West Greenwich, R. I., 26 December, 
1736, died in Clarendon, Vt., 8 January, 1817, and Ann 
Nichols, who was born in West Greenwich, R, I., 13 January, 
1739, m, in West Greenwich, R. I., 25 December, 1760, died 
in West Greenwich, R. I., 1780. 

son of 

Samuel Dyer, born in North Kingston, R. I., 1702, died in 
West Greenwich, R. I., 1760, and Tabitha Niles, who was 
born in East Greenwich, R. L, 1700, m. in East Greenwich, R. 
L, 24 February, 1725, died in West Greenwich, R. I., 1794. 

son of 

Edward Dyer, born in Kingston, R, I., 1670, died in West 
Greenwich, R. I., and Mary Green, who was born in War- 
wick, R. I., 3 January, 1677, died in West Greenwich, R. 1. 

daughter of 

William Green, born in Warwick, R, I., 6 December, 1652, 
(Will proved 12 March, 1679) and Mary Sayles, who was 
born in Providence, R. I., 11 July, 1652, m. in Providence, R. 
I., 17 December, 1674, died in Newport, R. I., 1717. 



ABSTRACTS OP CLAIMS OP MEMBERS. 59 

daughter of 

John Sayles, born 1633, died in Providence, R. I., 1681, and 
Mary Williams, who was born in Salem, Mass., August, 1633, 
m. in Providence, R. I., 1650, died in Providence, R. I., 1681. 

daughter of 

Capt. Roger Williams, born in England, 1599, died in Provi- 
dence, R. I., 1683, and Mary , who was born and m. in 

England, died in Providence, R. I., 1676. 

Roger Williams was sent to England to secure a charter in 1642. 
Returned in 1644. Was sent again on Colonial business in 1654. 
Was Captain in King Philip's War. Assistant, 1647-48, 64-72. Presi- 
dent, 1654-57. Commissioner, 1658-61. Deputy, 1667. Member of 
the Town Council, 1670, 78-80. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIAL 

7th from Capt, William Dyer, ( 1667). 

Secretary, 1639-42. General Recorder, 1647-48. Commissioner, 
1648, 55, 62. Captain, 1653. Att'y-Gen., 1650-53. Deputy, 1663-64. 



HORACE EDWARD DYER. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 15. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 742. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Capt. Robert Chapman, (161 6- 1687). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Horace Edward Dyer, Maj. V. N. G., of Rutland, Vt., 
born in Rutland, Vt., 16 April, 1870, 

son of 

Horace Hoxie Dyer, born in Rutland, Vt., 2 April, 1820, 
died in Rutland, Vt., 29 March, 1905, and Abigail Jane Hitch- 
cock, who was born in Clarendon, Vt., 3 May, 1.843. (Living), 
m. in Clarendon, Vt., 15 February, 1866. 

daughter of 

Henry Hitchcock, born in Pittsford, Vt., 22 August, 1805, 
died in Rutland, Vt., 28 August, 1871, and Hannah Lucy 
Hulett who was born in Hampton, N. Y., 4 July, 181 7, died in 
Rutland, Vt., 28 January, 1892. 



60 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Remembrance Hitchcock, born in Somers, Conn., 1770, died 
in Pittsford, Vt., August, 1849, ^^d Eunice Allen, who was 
born in Pittsfield, Mass., 22 February, 1775, died in Pittsford, 
Vt., 19 July, 1843. 

son of 

John Hitchcock, born in Colchester, Conn., (Baptized 5 
April, 1741), died in Pittsford, Vt., 14 June, 1813, and Abigail 
Chapman, who was born in Saybrook, Conn., 3 September, 
1736, died in Pittsford, Vt., 2 May, 1808. 

daughter of 

Benjamin Chapman, born in Saybrook, Conn., i March, 
1695, and Lydia Streeter. 

soil of 

Robert Chapman, Jr., born in Saybrook, Conn., September, 
1646, died in Hartford, Conn., 11 November, 171 1, and Mary, 
(widow of Samuel Sheather). 

son of 

Capt. Robert Chapman, Sr. born in Hull, Eng., 1616, died 
in Saybrook, Conn., 13 October, 1687, and Ann Bliss who 
was born in Belstone, Eng., 161 6, died in Saybrook, Conn., 
20 November, 1687. 

Robert Chapman came to Saybrook, Conn., from England, 3 Nov., 
1635. Served in Pequot and King Philip's Wars. Appointed Lieut, 
of Train Band by General Court, and on 14 May, 1663, was appointed 
to settle differences between the English and Indians. Capt of Train 
Band of Saybrook, 14 Oct., 1675. Deputy from Saybrook and Assist- 
ant, 1654-84. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

loth from Hugh Calkins of Gloucester and Lynn, Mass., 
(1600-1690). 

Deputy from Mass. and Conn, for 24 sessions. Commissioner. 

9th from Lieut. William Andrews of New Haven, New Lon- 
don and Norwich, Conn., (1639-1676). 

Sergt. 1642. Lieut. 1648, of New Haven Artillery Co. 

9th from Richard Bowen of Rehoboth, Mass., (1600-1675). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1651. 

9th from Ensign John Curtis, of Stratford, Conn., (1611- 
1707). 

Sergt. and Town Treasurer. Ensign in King Philip's War. 

9th from Nicholas Danforth of Cambridge, Mass., (1586- 
1638). 



ABSTRACTS OP CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 61 

Deputy to the General Court, 1636-38. 

9th. from Thomas Ford of Windsor, Conn., ( 1676). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1638-40. 

9th from Edmund Freeman of Lynn and Sandwich, Mass., 
(1589-1682). 

Member of Council of War, 1642. Assistant, 1640-46. Deputy, 
1646. 

9th from Matthew Gilbert of New Haven, Conn. 

Assistant, 1658. Dep. Gov. New Haven Colony, 1661-63. 

9th from Capt. Nat. Merriman of New Haven and WalHng- 
ford, Conn., (1613-1693). 

In Pequot and King Philip's War. Sergt. and Lieut., 1672. Capt., 
1675. 

9th from Dea. WilHam Peck of New Haven, Conn., (1601- 
1694). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1640-48. 

9th from Sergt. John Sheppard of Hartford, Conn., (1652 
1707). 

In King Philip's War. 

9th from Ensign Jared Spencer of Haddam, Conn., (1614- 
1685). 

In King Philip's War. Commissioned, 1656. Deputy, 1674-5. 

8th from Ensign Thomas Curtis of WalHngford, Conn., 
(1648-1736). 

Sergt. Representative, 1686, 1714-17. 

8th from Thomas Danforth of Cambridge, Mass., (1622- 
1699). 

Dep. Gov. Mass. Bay, 1679-86, 89-92. Pres. Province of Maine, 
1680-86. 

8th from Sergt. Thomas Hall of WalHngford, Conn., (1649- 

1731)- 

Deputy to the General Court, 1697-1700. 

8th from Sergt. William Holton of Northampton, Mass., 
(1613-1691). 

Magistrate. Deputy, 1664, 67, 69, 71. 

8th from William Hutchinson of Boston, Mass., and New- 
port, R. I., (1586-1642). 

Judge, (Gov.) 1634-42. Deputy, 1635-39. Treas., 1638. Assist- 
ant, 1640. 

8th from Cornet Joseph Parsons of Springfield, Mass., 
(1618-1683). 



62 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

In King Philip's War. In Capt. John Pynchon's Troop, 1672-78. 

8th from Elder John Strong of Taunton and Northampton, 
Mass., (1607- 1 699). 

Deputy to the General Court, 1641-44. 

8th from Capt. Roger Williams of Providence, R. I., (1599- 

1683). 

Pres. Prov. Plantations, 1654-56. Assistant, 1647-48, 63-71. Dep 
uty, 1667. Capt, 1676. Commissioner, 1655-66. 

8th from Rev. William Wickenden of Providence, R. I, 

( 1670). 

Commissioner, 1650-55. Deputy, 1664-66. 

8th from Capt. William Allis of Braintree and Hatfield 

Mass., ( 1678). 

Lieut., 1672. Capt., 1676. Magistrate, 1676-78. 

8th from Thomas Arnold of Providence, R. I., (1599-1674) 

Deputy to the General Court, 1665-74. 

8th from Obadiah Bowen of Swansea, Mass., (1633 ) 

Deputy to the General Court, 1681-82. 

8th from Lieut. William Clark of Northampton, Mass. 
(1609- I 690). 

In King Philip's War. Deputy and Magistrate. 

7th from Capt. John Allis of Hatfield, Mass., (1642-1691) 

Captain at Hatfield, 1687, at Deerfield, 1690. 

7th from Capt. Richard Arnold of Providence, R. I., (1642- 
1710). 

Deputy, 1671-80, 96, 98, 1700-08. Speaker. Assistant, 1681-85, 90, 
98-99. Councillor of Province, 1686-87. 

7th from Capt. William Dyer of Boston, Mass., and Newport, 
R. L, ( 1667). 

Secretary, 1639. Gen. Recorder, 1651-53. Capt., 1653. Commis- 
sioner, 1648, 55, 60-61. Atty. Gen., 1650-57. Deputy, 1664-66. Gen. 
Solicitor, 1655-68. 

7th from Maj. John Greene, (1620-1709). 

Commissioner, 1653-54. Gen. Solicitor, 1655. Atty. Gen., 1657-60. 
Assistant, 1660-73, 77-86, 89-90. Deputy, 1664-80. Captain, 1676. 
Major, 1683. Dep. Gov. R. I., 1690-1700. 

7th from William Hall of Portsmouth, R. I., (1613-1675). 

Commissioner, 1654-63. Deputy, 1665-73. 

7th from Capt. Edward Hutchinson of Boston, Mass., and 
Newport, R. I., (1613-1675). 

In King Philip's War. Lieut., 1654. Capt., 1657, 59-74. Deputy, 
1658. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 63 

7th from Rev. Joseph Mason of Rehoboth and Swansea, 
Mass., (1662-1748). 

Town Clerk and Selectman, 1704-07. Deputy to General Court, 

1707-08. 

7th from Capt. Joseph Parsons, Jr. of Springfield, Mass., 
(1647-1727). 

In King Philip's War. Judge, 23 years. Deputy, 14 years. 

7th from Capt. Edward Richmond of Taunton, Mass., and 

Newport, R. I., (1632-1696). 

Lieut. King Philip's War, 1676. Capt., 1690. Atty. Gen., 1683- 
90. Gen. Solicitor, 1667-72. Deputy, R. I. Assembly, 1678-9, 86. 

7th from Capt. James Sands, New Shoreham, R. I., (1622- 

1695)- 

Deputy, 1665. Asst. Warden, 1676. Commanded the Militia Com- 
pany in King Philip's War. 

7th from John Sayles of Providence, R. I., (1633-1681). 

Assistant, 1653-59. Commissioner, 1655-59. Town Council, 1670- 
71. Deputy, 1669-78. 

7th from John Tripp of Portsmouth, R. I., (1610-1678). 

Commissioner, 1655. Deputy, 1648-72. Assistant, 1670-75. 

7th from Capt. Robert Ware, Sr. of Wrentham, IMass., 
( 1699). 

In King Philip's War. 

6th from Robert Chapman. Jr. of Saybrook, Conn., (1646- 
1711). 

Commissioner. Deputy, 18 sessions. 

6th from Ensign Daniel Hough of Meriden, Conn., (1719- 
1768). 

In French and Indian Wars. Ensign, 1758, 60. 

6th from Lieut. John Mathewson of Providence, R. I., 
( 1716). 

Lieut. Colonial Troops in Queen Anne's War. 

6th from Capt. Nathaniel Niles, (1642-1727). 

Grand Juror, 1687. Justice of the Peace. Deputy, 1705. 

6th from Sergt. Ebenezer Skinner of Colchester and Hebron, 
Conn., (1684 ). 

In Queen Anne's War. 

6th from Ensign Benjamin Whiting of Meriden, Conn., 
(1694-1773). 

In Queen Anne's War. Ensign, 1740. 



64 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

5th from Ensign Daniel Hawes, Jr. of Wrentham, Mass., 
(1684-1763). 

In French and Indian Wars. Ensign, 1760. 

5th from Capt. John Hulet of Scituate, R. I., (171 5-1760). 

In King George's War. Lieut., 1747. Capt, 1748. 

5th from Capt. Benjamin Nichols of Greenwich and Kings- 
ton, R. I., (1676- 1 736). 

Capt, 1725. Deputy to the General Court, 1725-26. 

5th from Capt. Ishmael Spink of Greenwich and Kingston, 
R. I., (1680-1759). 

Capt., 1728. Deputy to the General Court, 1728-29, 1743-48. 

5th. from Capt. Nathaniel Ware of Wrentham, Mass., (1697- 
1781). 
Capt. Colonial Troops in French and Indian Wars. 
4th from Samuel Dyer of Greenwich, R. I., (1702-1760). 
Deputy to the General Court, 1756-57. 

4th from Lieut, Mason Hulet of Scituate, R. I., (1736- 
1803). 
Commissioner in French and Indian Wars. Lieut., 1762. 

4th from Capt. Joseph Nichols of Greenwich, R. I., (1707- 
1790). 
Deputy to the General Court, 1744-54. 



JACOB GRAY ESTEY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 20. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2416. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Robert Proctor, 

Abstract of Claim on Pile. 

Jacob Gray Estey, Col. V. N. G,, of Brattleboro, Vt., born 
in Brattleboro, Vt., 2 August, 1871. 

son of 

Julius Jacob Estey, born in Brattleboro, Vt., 8 January, 
1845, died in Brattleboro, Vt., 7 March, 1902, and Florence 
Carpenter Gray, who was born 24 August, 1848, (Living). 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 66 

son of 

Jacob Estey, born in Hinsdale, N. H., 30 September, 1814, 
died in Brattleboro, Vt., 15 April, 1890, and Desdamona 
Wood, who was born 20 September, 1810, died 8 June, 1891. 

son of 

Isaac Estey, born 7 April, 1773, died in Hinsdale, N. H., 26 
December, 1834, and Patty Forbes, who was born 10 August, 
1782, died October, 1862. 

son of 

Jacob Estey, born 10 August, 1744, died 20 November, 1829, 
and Sarah Chamberlin, who was born 3 May, 1750, died 2 
February, 1829. 

daughter of 

Simeon Chamberlin and Hannah Marsh. 

son of 

Thomas Chamberlin, Jr., died 1727, and Abigail Nutting. 

son of 

Thomas Chamberlin, Sr., died 1700, and Sarah Proctor. 

daughter of 
Robert Proctor. 

Robert Proctor was a soldier in King Philip's War, under Cap- 
tains Jonathan Poole and Joseph Syll and others. He was in the 
garrison at Groton, Mass., in 1675 and in Chelmsford, Mass., in 1692. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

Same as his father, Gen. Julius Jacob Estey, State Society 
No. 19. 



JULIUS JACOB ESTEY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 19. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2415. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Robert Proctor. 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Julius Jacob Estey, Gen. V. N. G., of Brattleboro, Vt., born 
in Brattleboro, Vt., 8 January, 1845, died in Bratttleboro, Vt., 
7 March, 1902. 



66 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Jacob Estey, born in Hinsdale, N. H., 30 September, 1814, 
died in Brattleboro, Vt., 15 April, 1890, and Desdamona 
Wood, who was born 20 September, 1810, died 8 June, 1891, 
son of 

Isaac Estey, born 7 April, 1773, died in Hinsdale, N. H., 
26 December, 1834, and Patty Forbes, who was born 10 
August, 1782, died October, 1862. 

son of 

Jacob Estey, born 10 August, 1744, died 20 November, 
1829, and Sarah Chamberlin, who was born 3 May, 1750, 
died 2 February, 1829. 

daughter of 

Simeon Chamberlin and Hannah Marsh. 

son of 

Thomas Chamberlin, Jr., died 1727, and Abigail Nutting, 

son of 

Thomas Chamberlin, Sr., died 1700, and Sarah Proctor. 

daughter of 
Robert Proctor, 

Robert Proctor was a soldier in King Philip's War, under Cap- 
tains Jonathan Poole and Joseph Syll and others. At garrison at 
Groton, Mass., 30 Nov., 1675, and Chelmsford, Mass., 16 March, 1692. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS, 

6th from Thomas Chamberlin, Sr, ( 1700), 

Soldier in King Philip's War. (Both the above, father and son, 
were with Robert Proctor under Captains Poole and Syll, and at the 
garrisons at Groton and Chelmsford, Mass.) 

5th from Thomas Chamberlin, Jr,, ( 1727). 

Soldier in King Philip's War. 



IRA HOBART EVANS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 34. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2430. 

Admitted 22 February, 1896, in right of descent from 

Gov. William Pynchon, of Springfield, Mass. (i 590-1662). 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OP MEMBERS. 67 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Ira Hobart Evans of Austin, Texas, born in Piermont, 
N. H., II April, 1844. 

son of 

Dr. Ira Evans, born in Fairlee, Vt., 7 October, 1802, died in 
Piermont, N. H., 22 September, 1852, and Emeline Hobart, 
who was born in Berlin, Vt., 25 February, 181 1, died in 
Columbia, Texas, 14 October, 1894. 

daughter of 

Rev. James Hobart, born in Plymouth, N. H., 2 August, 
1766, died in Berlin, Vt., 16 July, 1862, and Betsey Perrin, 
who was born in Berlin, V^t., 7 March, 1783, died in Berlin, 
Vt., 28 March, 1876. 

daughter of 

Zachariah Perrin, born in Hebron, Conn., 18 March, 1750, 
died in Berlin, Vt., 28 May, 1838, and Mary Talcott, who was 
born in Glastonbury, Conn., 17 June, 1758, died in Berlin, Vt., 
II September, 1828. 

daughter of 

Samuel Talcott, born in Glastonbury, Conn., 2^ July, 1733, 
died 16 March, 1780, and Mary Smith. 

son of 

Capt. Samuel Talcott, born in Glastonbury, Conn., 12 Febru- 
ary, 1708, died in Glastonbury, Conn., 26 September, 1768, 
and Hannah Mosely, who died in Glastonbury, Conn,, 10 Sep- 
tember, 1800. 

son of 

Dea. Benjamin Talcott, born in Wethersfield, Conn., 
I March, 1674, died in Glastonbury, Conn., 12 November, 
1727, and Sarah Hollister, who was born 25 October, 1676, 
died in Glastonbury, Conn., 15 October, 171 5. 

son of 

Capt. Samuel Talcott, born about 1635, died in Wethersfield, 
Conn., 10 November, 1691, and Hannah Holyoke, who was 
born in Wethersfield, Conn., 9 June, 1644, died in Wethers- 
field, Conn., 2 February, 1679. 

daughter of 

Capt. Elizur Holyoke, born in England, 1618, died in Spring- 
field, Mass., 6 February, 1676, and Mary Pynchon, who died 
in Springfield, Mass., 25 October, 1657. 



68 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

daughter of 

William Pynchon, of Springfield, Mass., born in England, 
1590, died in Wraisbury, Eng., 29 October, 1662. 

William Pynchon was Assistant Treasurer of Mass. Bay Colony, 
1632-34. Commissioner to govern Conn., 1635-6. Governor of Spring- 
field, 1641-50. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from John Talcott, of Wethersfield, Conn. (i6(X)-i66o) 

Deputy, Mass. 1634-36. Deputy, Conn. 1637-53. Assistant, 1654- 
60. Treas. 1652-60. Commissioner, 1656-58. 

7th from Edmund Hobart of Hingham, Mass, (i 570-1646), 

Deputy to the General Court, 1639-42. 

7th from Capt. Samuel Talcott, (1635-91). 

Lieut. Hartford Troop, Deerfield, King Philip's War, 1677. Cap- 
tain, 1681. Deputy, 1669-84. Assistant 1685-91. 



FRANK HENRY FIELD, 

STATE SOCIETY No. 71. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3791. 

Admitted 22 February, 1905, in right of descent from 
Capt. Seth Field, of Northfield, Mass. (i 712- 1792). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Frank Henry Field, of Brattleboro, Vt., born in Brattle- 
boro, Vt., 16 November, 1870. 

son of 

Asa Sanderson Field, born in Northfield, Mass,, 22 August, 
1825, and Laura Ruth Jewell, who was born in Whitingham, 
Vt., 5 November, 1834, m. in Vernon, Vt., 29 May, 1856. 

son of 

Henry Field, born in Northfield, Mass., 3 October, 1789, died 
in Northfield, Mass., 5 March, 1833, and Mary Simonds who 
was born in Northfield, Mass., 5 August, 1790, m. in North- 
field, Mass., 29 December, 1814, died in Northfield, Mass., 
24 December, 1848. 

son of 

Henry Field, born in Northfield, Mass., 2 September, 1759, 
died in Northfield, Mass., 4 January, 1813, and Rhoda Stratton, 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 69 

who was born in Northfield, Mass., 28 October, 1761, m, in 
Northfield, Mass., 3 Feb. 1783, died in Northfield, Mass., 21 
November, 1833. 

son of 

Capt. Seth Field, born in Deerfield, Mass., 28 September, 
1712, died in Northfield, Mass., 3 May, 1792, and Susanna 
Doolittle, who was born in Wallingford, Conn., 13 June, 1721, 
m. in Wallingford, Conn., 1741, died in Northfield, Mass., 15 
November, 1787. 

Seth Field served under Captain Joseph Kellogg as "Centinel," 
from 14 April to 14 August, 1732. Lieut, under Capt. Elijah Wil- 
liams, from 18 June to 21 Nov. 1755. Was Captain in Col. Israel 
Williams' Reg't, 1759. Franch and Indian War. Was stationed at 
Fort Dummer. 



BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FIFIELD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 31. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2427. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Capt. Edward Fifield (1678- 1754). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield, of Montpelier, Vt., born in 
Orange, Vt. 18 November, 1832. 

son of 

Col. Orange Fifield, born in Orange, Vt., 12 April, 1803, 
died in Montpelier, Vt., 2 June, 1889, and Melissa Nelson, 
who was born in Orange, Vt., 21 September, 1804, died in 
Montpelier, Vt., 9 December, 1876. 

son of 

Col. Samuel Fifield, born in Gilmanton, N. H., 2 August, 
1770, died in Orange, Vt., 30 May, 1824, and Sarah Davis, 
who was born in Coventry, Vt., 12 November, 1777, died in 
Orange, Vt., 27 February, 1844. 

son of 

Ensign Samuel Fifield, born in East Kingston, N. H., 14 
June, 1735, died in Danville, Vt., 3 September, 1811, and Ruth 
Brown, (2nd wife) who died in Gilmanton, N. H., 28 March, 
1781. 



70 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Ensign Edward Fifield, born in Stratham, N. H., about 1700, 
and Elizabeth , 

son of 

Capt. Edward Fifield, born in Hampton, N. H., 27 March, 
1678, died in Stratham, N. H., about 1754. 

Edward Fifield was Private in Capt. John Oilman's Co. of Col. Win- 
throp Hilton's Regt. in 1710. Captain of Militia at Portsmouth, 
N. H., under Col. Sherburne, 1740. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from William Fifield, of Hampton, N. H. (1615-1700). 
In King Philip's War. 

6th from Benjamin Fifield of Hampton, N. H. (1646-1706). 

In Queen Anne's War. 

Killed by the Indians, 1 August, 1706. 



TRUMAN CHITTENDEN FLETCHER. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 6. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 733. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Lieut. Col. Thomas Chittenden, of Williston, Vt. (1730- 
1797)- 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Truman Chittenden Fletcher, Col. V. N. G., of St. Johns- 
bury, Vt., born in Underbill, Vt., 27 October, 1845. 

son of 

Col. Frederick Fletcher, born 21 November, 1804, died 
12 January, 1898, and Beulah Chittenden, who was born 20 
May, 181 6, died 16 March, 1893. 

daughter of 

Truman Giittenden, born 1781, died i February, 1863, ^"d 
Lucy Jones, who was born 1785, died 8 March, 1863. 

son of 

Lieut. Col. Thomas Chittenden, born in East Guilford, 
Conn., 6 January, 1730, died in Williston, Vt., 25 August, 
1797, and Elizabeth Meigs, who was born in East Guilford, 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 71 

Conn., i6 October, 1732, died in Williston, V"t., 14 October, 

1817. 

Thomas Chittenden was Maj. of 14th Regt. of Conn. Colonial Militia, 
Oct. 1767-May, 1770. Lt. Col. of same Regiment May, 1770-73. Rep. 
to Colonial Assembly, from Guilford, Conn, for six years. Removed 
to Vermont in 1774. Was Governor of Vermont, 1778-97, except ia 
1789. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Maj. William Chittenden, (i 594-1660). 

On 29 June, 1643, elected "Principal man" with title of Lieut, for 
Mass. Colony. Deputy for seventeen years till his death. 

7th from Major Simon Willard, (1605-1676). 

Representative, 1636-54. Gov's Ass't, 1654-76. Commander-in- 
Chief of expedition against the Niantics, 1635. Commanded the Mid- 
dlesex, Mass., Regt. in King Philip's War. Lieut., 1637. Capt., 1646. 
Major, 1653. Commander-in-Chief of the United Colonial Forces, 
1654-55. Led the heroic relief at the battle of Brookfield. One of 
the founders of Concord, Mass. 

5th from Capt. Janna Meigs, (1672-1739) of Guilford, 
Conn. 

Capt. of the Guilford Co. 1717. Deputy, 1716-18. 



CHARLES SPOONER FORBES. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 12. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 739. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Capt. John Alden, (1599- 1687). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Charles Spooner Forbes, Col. V. N. G., of St. Albans, Vt., 
born in Windsor, Vt., 6 August, 185 1. 

son of 

Abner Forbes, born in Windsor, Vt., 10 December, 1825, 
died in St. Albans, Vt., 8 September, 1873, and Catherine 
Campbell, who was born in Windham, Vt., 29 April, 1827, 
died in St. Albans, Vt., 7 August, iV^^ 



son of 

Gen. Abner Forbes, born in Sutton, Mass., 29 February, 
1772, died in Windsor, Vt., 29 December, 1828, and Sarah 



72 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Spooner, who was born in Windsor, Vt., 27 February, 1785, 
died in Windsor, Vt., 10 May, 1852. 

daughter of 

Alden Spooner, born in New London, Conn., 22 August, 
1757, died in Windsor, Vt., 2 May, 1827, and Sarah Burton, 
who was born in Preston, Conn., 8 November, 1761, died in 
Windsor, Vt., 26 May, 1838. 

son of 

Thomas Spooner, born in Dartmouth, Mass., 16 January, 
1718, died in New London, Conn., March, 1767, and Rebecca 
Paddock, who was born in Yarmouth, Mass., 12 May, 1718, 
died in Cummington, Conn., January, 18 12. 

daughter of 

Capt. Judah Paddock, born 15 September, 1681, died in 
Yarmouth, Mass., 31 March, 1770, and AHce Alden, who was 
born in Duxbury, Mass., 1685, died in Yarmouth, Mass., 12 
July, 1774. 

daughter of 

Hon. David Alden, born 1646, died in Duxbury, Mass., 1719, 
and Mercy Southworth, who died in Duxbury, Mass. 

son of 

Capt. John Alden, born 1599, died 12 September, 1687, and 
Priscilla Molines, who was m. 1621-23, clied 5 February, 1688. 

John Alden was Captain in Myles Standish, Duxbury Company, 
1643. Gov.'s Asst. 1632,34-39,50-86. Deputy, 1641-42, 48-49. Member 
of the Council of War, 1646, 58-60, 67-71, 75-76. Gov. pro tem. 1664-5, 
1677. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from David Alden, of Duxbury, Mass. (1646-1719). 

Deputy to General Court, 1690. 

7th from Gov. Constant Southworth, (161 5-1679). 

In Pequot War. Ensign. Lieut. 1653. Commissioner, 1668. Com- 
missary Gen. in King Philip's War. 

7th from James Cutler, (1606-1694). 

In King Philip's War. 

7th from Richard Sares, or Sears, (i 590-1676). 

Member of Yarmouth Co. Deputy, 1662. 

6th from John Hull, (1624- 1683). 

Master of the Mint. Treasurer Colony of Mass. Bay, 1676. Gov- 
ernor's Assistant. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OP MEMBERS. 73 

ISRAEL HOLMES FRANCISCO. 

STATE No. 64. 

Admitted 22 February, 1902, in right of descent from 
Capt. Samuel Judd, of Waterbury, Conn. (1734-1825). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Israel Holmes Francisco of Rutland, Vt., born in Harris- 
burg, Pa., 23 May, 1866. 

son of 

M. Judson Francisco of Rutland, Vt., and Hannah Mar- 
garet Holmes. 

daughter of 

Israel Holmes and Sarah Judd. 

daughter of 

Capt. Samuel Judd, born 26 December, 1734, died 11 Sep- 
tember, 1825, and Bede Hopkins. 

Samuel Judd was commissioned lieutenant in the Colonial ser- 
vice by Gov. Fitch of Connecticut. Subsequently he was made re- 
cruiting officer for the Colony of Connecticut. When the Colonies 
separated from England he resigned his commission in the King's 
troops and entered the Connecticut Militia, fighting through the 
Revolution as a captain of infantry and recruiting officer. 



AUSTIN WELD FULLER. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 14. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 741. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Thomas Prence, (1600- 1673). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Austin Weld Fuller, Capt. U. S. V., of Cambridge, Mass., 
born in Cornish, N. H., 8 September, 1841. (Name changed 
by Act of Legislature, when adopted by his uncle, Austin 
Fuller.) 

son of 

Daniel Weld, Jr. born in Cornish, N. H., 10 November, 
1810, died in Cornish, N. H., 2 December, 1848, and Mary 



74 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

Harlow, who was born 14 January, 1814, died in Cornish, 
N. H., 25 September, 1858. 

son of 

Daniel Weld, Sr. born 27 May, 1781, died in Cornish, N. H., 
13 September, 1851, and Lydia Fuller, who was born in Hard- 
wick, Mass., 6 June, 1784, died in Cornish, N. H., 6 November, 
1846. 

daughter of 

Dea. Thomas Fuller, born 9 May, 1754, died in Hard wick, 
Vt., I December, 1823, and Lydia Page, who was born 15 Sep- 
tember, 1755, died 8 July, 1810. 

daughter of 

Col. Timothy Page, born 24 May, 1727, died 26 August, 
1791, and Mary Foster, who was born 11 April, 1732, died 21 
July, 1825. 

daughter of 

James Foster, born 6 January, 1705-6, died about 1788, and 
Lydia Winslow, who was born 8 September, 1709, died 7 
January, 1770. 

son of 

Chillingsworth Foster, born 11 June, 1680, died 22 Decem- 
ber, 1764, and Mercy Freeman, who was born 3 August, 1687, 
died 7 July, 1720. 

daughter of 

John Freeman, born December, 1651, died 2y July, 1721, and 
Sarah Merrick, who was born i August, 1654, died 21 April, 
1696. 

son of 

Maj. John Freeman, born 1627, died 28 October, 1719, and 
Mercy Prence, who died 28 September, 171 1. 

daughter of 

Gov. Thomas Prence, born 1600, died 29 March, 1673, and 
Patience Brewster, daughter of Elder William Brewster. She 
died 1634. 

Thomas Prence was Assistant, Plymouth Colony, 1635. Governor 
1634-38, 57-73. Member of Council of War, and went forth against 
the Pequot Indians 1637. Commissioner for the United Colonies, 
1645. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

loth from William Brewster, who came over in the May- 
flower, (1566- I 644). 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 75 

Chaplain of 1st Military Co. under Capt. Myles Standish, and 
served against the Indians. 

8th from Maj. John Freeman, (1627-1719). 

Ensign at Waltham, Mass. Major at Saconet, 1677. Member of 
Council of War, 1667-76. Capt. at Taunton, Mass. 1675. Maj. of 
Barnstable Troops, 1685. Deputy from Eastham. 

8th from Capt. Joseph Weld, (1595- 1646). 

Ensign in Artillery Co. 1638. Captain in Roxbury Militia. Dep- 
uty, 1636-41. 

7th from Capt. Matthew Ftiller, (1610-1678), 

Sergt. under Capt. Myles Standish, 1643. Lieut, at Barnstable and 
under Capt. Myles Standish, 1652-54. Chairman of Council of War, 
1671. Surg. Gen. 1673. Captain in King Philip's War. 

7th from Capt. John Weld, (1623-1691). 

In garrison at Quabaug, Mass., 1675-76. In King Philip's War. 



FREDERICK GAY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 38. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2434. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Gen. James Cudworth, (1605-1692). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Frederick Gay of Burlington, Vt., born in Gaysville, Vt., 14 
August, 1848. 

son of 

Merrick Gay, born 15 November, 1802, died 7 November, 
1866, and Sarah Maria Whitcomb, who was born 15 January, 
1809, died 6 March, 1896. 

daughter of 

Paul Wliitcomb, born 1770, died 28 January, 181 3, and 
Eunice Lamberton, who died 26 March, 1843. 

son of 

Lot Whitcomb, born 2 March, 1739, died 7 April, 1797, 
and Lydia Nye. 

son of 

Nathaniel Whitcomb, born 19 August, 1697, died 18 March, 
1772, and Phoebe Blackman. 



76 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

James Whitcomb, born 1666, died 26 January, 1728, and 
Mary Parker, who was born 1667, died 30 November, 1729. 

son of 

Roljert Whitcomb, born in England, and Mary Cudworth. 

daughter of 

Gen. James Cudworth, born 1605, died 1692. 

James Cudworth was Representative, 1649, 56, 59. Assistant, 
1656-58. Chosen by the General Court Commander, 17 Dec. 1673. 
Chosen Captain of Co. at Scituate, 7 July, 1674. On 4 Oct., 1675, 
chosen General-in-Chief of forces sent by the Colonies against their 
enemies. Elected Dep. Gov., 7 June, 1681. 



GEORGE EARNEST HACK. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 76. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3911. 

Admitted 31 March, 1906, in right of descent from 
.WilHam Hack of Taunton, Mass. (1663-1758). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

George Earnest Hack of BurHngton, Vt., born in Orwell, 
Vt., 28 July, 1863. 

son of 

Chester Bradley Hack, born in Brandon, Vt., 23 November, 
1814, and Julia Root, who was born in Benson, Vt., 11 
March, 1817, m. in Orwell, Vt., September, 1837, died in 
Orwell, Vt., 3 August, 1902. 

son of 

Joseph Hack, born in Taunton, Mass., 1776, died January, 
1822, and Hopeful Bradlev, who was born 1775, died April, 
1863. 

son of 

William Hack, died in Taunton, Mass., 1776, and Experi- 
ence Phinney, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., m. May, 

1755- 
son of 

William Hack, died 1752, and Mary Tinkham, who was 
born in Middleboro, Mass., June, 1708, m. August, 1729. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 77 

son of 

Willliam Hack, born in Taunton, Mass., 15 November, 
1663, died in Taunton, Mass., 1738. 

William Hack participated in Phipps's expedition to Canada in 
1690, and was given a tract of land on the Connecticut River by the 
Massachusetts General Court for his services. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 
See those of his brother, Mervin Root Hack, State No. 69. 



MERVIN ROOT HACK. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 69. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3553. 

Admitted 22 February, 1904, in right of descent from 
Richard Treat, Sr. of Wethersfield, Conn. (1584-1669). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Mervin Root Hack of New York City, was born in Orwell, 
Vt., 27 June, 1859. 

son of 

Chester Bradley Hack, born in Brandon, Vt., 23 November, 
1814, and Julia Root, who was born in Benson, Vt., 11 March, 
1817, m. in Orwell, Vt., September, 1837, died in Orwell, Vt., 
3 August, 1902. 

daughter of 

Daniel Root, born in Westfield, Mass., June, 1775, died in 
Orwell, Vt., March, 1867, and Rhoda Goodrich, who was born 
in Pittsfield, Mass., March, 1778, died in Orwell, Vt., August, 
1865. 

daughter of 

Caleb Goodrich, born in Wethersfield, Conn., September, 
1 73 1, died in Pittsfield, Mass., July, 1777, and Huldah Butler. 

son of 

Gideon Goodrich, born in Wethersfield, Conn., February, 
1705, died in Wethersfield, Conn., 1769, and Sarah . 

son of 

Ephraim Goodrich, born in Rocky Hill, Conn., June, 1663, 
died in Rocky Hill, Conn., February, 1739, and Sarah Treat, 



78 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

who was born in Wethersfield, Conn., June, 1664, m. May, 
1684, died in Wethersfield, Conn., January, 1711-12. 
daughter of 

Richard Treat, Jr., born in Pitminster, Eng., 1622-23, died 
in Wethersfield, Conn., 1693, and Sarah Coleman, who was 
born in 1642, died in Rocky Hill, Conn., August, 1734. 

son of 

Richard Treat, Sr, born in Pitminster, Eng., 1584, died in 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1669, and Alice Gaylard, who was born 
in Pitminster, England. 

Richard Treat, Sr., was one of the patentees named in the 
Royal Charter for the Colony of Conn.. 1662. Deputy, 1644-57, for 
Wethersfield Co. Assistant, 1657-65. Member of Gov. John Win- 
throp's Council, 1663-65. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

6th from Ensign William Goodrich, ( 1676). 

Representative, 1663. Deputy, 1660-66. Ensign, 1676. 

5th from William Hack, (1663- 1738). 

Member of Phipps's expedition to Canada, and awarded two 
tracts of land, containing 150 acres, for his services and sufferings. 

5th from Capt. Ephraim Goodrich, (1663- 1739). 
Ensign, 1698. Lieut., 1710. Captain, 1716. Deputy, 1702. 



THOMAS HENRY HACK. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 73. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3886. 

Admitted 10 January, 1906, in right of descent from 
Richard Treat, Sr. of Wethersfield, Conn, (i 584-1669). 

Abstract of Chim on File. 

Thomas Henry Hack, M. D., of Proctor, Vt., born in Orwell, 
Vt., 24 October, 1870. 

son of 

Henry Eugene Hack, born in Orwell, Vt., 30 September, 
1843, and Mary Thomas, who was born in Orwell, Vt., 30 
November, 1846, m. in 1868. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 79 

SOU of 

Chester Bradley Hack, born in Brandon, Vt., 23 November, 
1814, and Julia Root, who was born in Benson, Vt., ii March, 
1817, m. in Orwell, Vt., September, 1837, died in Orwell, Vt., 
3 August, 1902. 

daughter of 

Daniel Root, born in Westfield, Mass., June, 1775, died in 
Orwell, Vt., March, 1867, and Rhoda Goodrich, who was born 
in Pittsfield, Mass., March, 1778, died in Orwell, Vt., August, 
1865. 

daughter of 

Caleb Goodrich, born in Wethersfield, Conn., September, 
1831, died in Pittsfield, Mass., July, 1777, and Huldah Butler. 

son of 

Gideon Goodrich, born in Wethersfield, Conn., February, 

1705, died in Wethersfield, Conn., 1769, and Sarah . 

son of 

Ephraim Goodrich, born in Rocky Hill, Conn., June, 1663, 
died in Rocky Hill, Conn., February, 1739, and Sarah Treat, 
who was born in Wethersfield, Conn., June, 1664, m. May, 
1784, died in Wethersfield, Conn., January, 171 1 -12. 

daughter of 

Richard Treat, Jr., born in Pitminster, Eng., 1622-3, died in 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1693, and Sarah Coleman, who was born 
1642, died in Rocky Hill, Conn., August, 1734. 
son of 

Richard Treat, Sr., born in Pitminster, Eng., 1584, died in 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1669, and Alice Gaylard, who was born 
in Pitminster, England. 

Richard Treat, Sr., was one of the patentees named in the Royal 
Charter for the Colony of Conn., 1662. Deputy, 1644-57, for Weth- 
ersfield. Assistant, 1657-65. Member of Gov. Winthrop's Council, 
1663-65. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 
See those of his uncle, Mervin Root Hack, State No. 69. 



HORACE STEWART HASKELL. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 50. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2660. 

Admitted 22 February, 1899, in right of descent from 
Lieut. Adam Hinman. 



80 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Horace Stewart Haskell of Derby Line, Vt., born in Derby 
Line, Vt., 9 August, i860. 

son of 

Carlos F. Haskell, born in Derby Line, Vt., 12 April, 1824, 
died in Derby Line, Vt., 2 July, 1865, and Martha M. Stewart, 
who was born in Beebe Plain, Vt., 28 April, 1831. 

daughter of 

Horace Stewart, born in Derby, Vt., 25 September, 1804, 
died in Beebe Plain, Vt., 25 May, 1883, and Catherine Hin- 
man, Avho was born in Derby, Vt., 26 October, 1806, died in 
Beebe Plain, Vt., 13 January, 1889. 

daughter of 

Timothy Hinman, born in Woodbury, Conn., 21 July, 1762, 
died in Derby, Vt., 30 April, 1850, and Phoebe Stoddard, born 
in Mass., 5 November, 1772, died in Derby, Vt., 15 August, 
1858. 

son of 

Lieut. Adam Hinman, born in Woodbury, Conn. 

Adam Hinman was Lieut, of Infantry in French and Indian Wars, 
1755. Was wounded near Lake George while acting as commander. 



FOREST HENRY HATHAWAY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 45. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 1042. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Capt. Isaac Johnson, of Roxbury, Mass. (1615-1675). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Forest Henry Hathaway, Brig. Gen. U. S. A., retired, of 
Philadelphia, Pa., born in East Barnard, Vt., 7 October, 1844. 

son of 

Arthur Hathaway, born 2 June, 1813, and Mary A. Bar- 
tholomew, who was born 17 October, 1816, died 24 September, 
i860. 

daughter of 

Luther Bartholomew, born 25 August, 1789, died 28 May, 
1880, and Fanny Fox, who was born 17 July, 1799, died 31 
August, 1 88 1. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 81 

son of 

Luther Bartholomew, born i8 February, 1758, died 5 May, 
1839, ^"d Azubah Farnham, who died 16 September, 1827. 

son of 

Noah Bartholomew, born 1732-3, died 16 February, 1815, 
and Mabel Parmley, who died 24 Februaryj 1813. 

son of 

William Bartholomew, born 1695. 

son of 

Isaac Bartholomew, born i November, 1664, died 25 Octo- 
ber, 1727, and Rebecca Frisby, who was born 14 November, 
1679, died 18 May, 1738. 

son of 

William Bartholomew, born 1 640-1, died 1697, and Mary 
Johnson, who was born 24 April, 1642, died 13 August, 1683. 

daughter of 

Capt. Isaac Johnson, born in England, 161 5, died in Narra- 
gansett Fort Fight, 19 December, 1675, and Elizabeth Porter. 

Isaac Johnson was Capt. of Roxbury, Mass., Co., 1667, and of Rox- 
bury Militia, 1653. In King Philip's War, 1675. He was killed in 
the Great Swamp Fight, while leading his command. 



JOSEPH LAWRENCE HILLS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 63. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3225. 

Admitted i February, 1902, in right of descent from 
Corp. Ebenezer Drew of Kingston, Mass. (1709-1756). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Joseph Lawrence Hills of Burlington, Vt., born in Boston, 
Mass., 2 March, 1861. 

soil of 

Thomas Hills, born in Boston, Mass., 13 August, 1828, 
(Living) and Amelia Ellen Drew, who was born in Boston, 
Mass., 15 October, 1833, m. in Boston, Mass., 6 September,. 
1854, died in Boston, Mass., 24 July, 1876. 

daughter of 

Joseph Lawrence Drew, born in Boston, Mass., 25 August,. 
1808, died in Boston, Mass., 26 April, 1882, and Amelia Smithy 



«2 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

who was born in England, 1811, m. in Dorchester, Mass., 22 
May, 1831, died in Boston, Mass., 30 December, 1892. 

son of 

Job Drew, born in Kingston, Mass., 14 January, 1773, died 
in Boston, Mass., 17 August, 1838, and Sally Lawrence, who 
was m. 18 February, 1799, died 3 December, 1833. 

SO)l of 

Job Drew, born in Kingston, Mass., 23 February, 1744, 
died in Halifax, Mass., 16 March, 1833, and Thankful Delano 
Prince, who was m. in Kingston, Mass., 21 May, 1767, died in 
Kingston, Mass., 19 September, 1840. 

son of 

Corp. Ebenezer Drew, born in Duxbury, Mass., 1709, died 
in camp at Albany, N. Y., 29 May, 1756, and Martha Cobb, 
m. 1738. 

Ebenezer Drew was Corporal in Capt. Samuel Nichols Nelson's 
Co., First Crown Point expedition, 15 Sept., 1755. Discharged 22 
Dec, 1755. Rejoined same Co. in second expedition, Col. Thatcher's 
Regt., March, 1756. Died in camp near Albany, N. Y. 



HENRY DWIGHT HOLTON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 75. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3906. 

Admitted 22 February, 1906, in right of descent from 
William Helton, of Northampton, Mass. (1634-1691). 

Abstract of Claim on Pile. 
Henry D wight Holton, M. D., of Brattleboro, Vt, born in 
Saxtons River, Vt, 24 July, 1838. 

son of 

Elihu Dwight Holton, born in Westminster, Vt., 17 Febru- 
ary, 1807, died in Saxtons River, Vt., 18 July, 1888, and Nancy 
Grout, who was born in Westminster, Vt., 24 February, 181 2, 
m. in Westminster, Vt., 30 November, 1831, died in Saxtons 
River, Vt., 20 November, 1891. 

son of 

Zoeth Holton, born in Westminster, Vt., 21 January, 1777, 
died in Westminster, Vt., 25 June, 1859, and Amanda Loomis, 
who was born in West Springfield, Mass., 16 August, 1779, 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 83 

m. in West Springfield, Mass., 3 October, 1804. died in West- 
minster, Vt., 5 March, 1859. 

SO)l of 

Joel Holton, born in Northfield, Mass., 10 July, 1738, died 
in Westminster, Vt., 12 August, 1821, and Bethia Farwell, who 
was born in Mansfield, Conn., 18 September, 1747, m. in 
Northfield, Mass., died in Westminster, Vt., 3 February, 1813. 

son of 

John Holton, born in Northfield, Mass., 24 August, 1707, 
died in Northfield, Mass., 25 October, 1793. 

son of 

William Holton, born in Northampton, Mass., died in 
Northfield, Mass., 13 November, 1755, and Abigail Edwards, 
who was born 7 January, 1680. 

son of 

John Holton, born in Hartford, Conn., died in Northamp- 
ton, Mass., 14 April, 1712. 

son of 

William Holton, born in Ipswich, Eng., 1634, died in North- 
ampton, Mass., 12 August, 1691, and Mary , who died in 

Northampton, Mass., 16 November, 1691. 

William Holton was a Justice of the Peace and Representative in 
the General Court of Mass., 1664-72. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

6th from Capt. John Grout, of Sudbury, Mass., (1619-1697). 

In Sudbury Militia. 

3rd from Joel Holton of Northfield, Mass., ( 1738- 1 821). 

In Capt. John Burk's Co., Col. Timothy Ruggles's Regt., 1759. En- 
listed at Northfield, Mass. 



JAMES CLAY HOUGHTON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 29. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2425. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
John Houghton, of Lancaster, Mass. (1650- 1736). 



84 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

James Clay Houghton of Montpelier, Vt., born in Peter- 
sham, Mass., 2 September, 1841, died in Naples, Italy, 4 
March, 1902. 

son of 

James Clay Houghton, born 13 May, 1810, died 29 April, 
1880, and Julia Morton, who was born 12 December, 1809, 
died 16 October, 1886. 

son of 

Capt. William Houghton, born 23 March, 1774, died Octo- 
ber, 1863, and Marilla Clay, who was bom 14 July, 1780, died 
6 December, 1858. 

son of 

Abraham Houghton, born 27 November, 1725, died 181 5, 
and Sarah DivoU, who was born 22 March, 1733-4. 

son of 

Ensign Jacob Houghton, born 1696, died 26 January, 1780, 
and Mary Willard, who was born 1705. 

son of 

Jacob Houghton, born 17 April, 1674, died 1752, and Re- 
becca Whitcomb, who was born 9 December, 1671, died 22 
October, 1752. 

son of 

John Houghton, born 1650, died 3 February, 1736, and 
Mary Farrar, who was born 1648, died 7 April, 1724. 

John Houghton, of Lancaster, Mass., in garrison of Lawrence 
Waters and Capt. Thomas Wilder, Lancaster, Mass., in King Philip's 
War. Had a garrison house in 1711. Representative to General 
Court, 1690-1724. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from John Osgood, Andover, Mass., (i 595-1 651). 

Deputy to General Court, 1651. 

7th from Philip Walker of Rehoboth, Mass., ( 1679). 

Deputy to General Court, 1669. 

7th from Maj. Simon Willard, Lancaster, Mass., (1605- 
1676). 

Deputy to General Court, 1636-54, except three years. Assistant, 
1654-76. Lieut., 1637. Captain, 1646. Major, 1654. 

6th from Josiah Whitcomb, Lancaster, Mass., (1638-1718). 

Representative in General Court, 1710. Commanded garrison at 
Lancaster, Mass., 1711. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 85 

6th from Ensign John Divoll of Lancaster, Mass., ( 

1676). 

Second under Maj. Simon Willard, King Philip's War. Ensign in 
Foot Co. Killed by Indians, 10 Feb., 1676. 

4th from Ensign Jacob Houghton of Lancaster, Mass,, 

(1696 ). 

Ensign Foot Co. under Capt. Thomas Wilder. 

3rd from Abraham Houghton, Bolton, Mass., (1725-1815). 
In Capt. Jonathan Whitney's Co., Col. Samuel Willard's Regt., 1748. 



HARRY STINSON HOWARD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 68. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3389. 

Admitted 9 February, 1903, in right of descent from 
Lieut. John Howard, of Bridgewater, Mass. (1625-1700). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Harry Stinson Howard of BurHngton, Vt., born in Wash- 
ington, D. C, 25 July, 1869. 

son of 

Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, U. S. A., retired, born in 
Leeds, Me., 8 November, 1830, and Elizabeth Ann Waite, 
who was born in Livermore, Me., 4 November, 1832, m. in 
Portland, Me., 14 February, 1855. 

S0}1 of 

Rowland Bailey Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 
29 July, 1795, died in Leeds, Me., 30 April, 1840, and Eliza 
Otis, who was born in Leeds, Me., 10 December, 1804, m. in 
Leeds, Me., 29 February, 1828, died in Glencoe, 111., 14 De- 
cember, i^ 



son of 

Capt. Seth Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 21 
November, 1762, died in Leeds, Me., 5 January, 1844, and 
Desire Bailey, who was born in Scituate, Mass., 23 January, 
1762, m. in Scituate, Mass., 21 Nov. 1782, died in Leeds, Me., 
28 December, 1829. 



86 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Capt. Jesse Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 20 
July, 1740, died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 3 January, 1828, 
and Melatiah Dunbar, who was born in West Bridgewater, 
Mass., 1 741, m. in West Bridgewater, Mass., 1761, died in 
West Bridgewater, Mass., 13 April, 1814. 

son of 

Seth Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 15 Novem- 
ber, 1702, died in West Bridgewater or Easton, Mass., 12 
October, 1794, and Mary Ames, who was born in West Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1717, m. in Bridgewater, Mass., 1735, died in 
West Bridgewater, Mass., 7 September, 1758. 

son of 

Maj. Jonathan Howard, born in Duxbury or West Bridge- 
water, Mass., about 1664, died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 
about 1739, and Sarah Dean, who was born in Taunton, Mass., 
9 November, 1668, died in West Bridgewater, Mass. 
son of 

Lieut. John Howard, born in England, 1625, died in West 
Bridgewater, Mass., about 1700, and Martha Hay ward, born, 
probably, in England, m. in Duxbury or Bridgewater, Mass., 
died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 1703. 

John Howard was appointed Ensign 1st Military Co. of Bridge- 
water, Mass., 27 Sept., 1604. Promoted Lieut. 2 Oct., 1689. Deputy, 
1678-83. In May, 1676, during King Philip's War, he, with twenty 
others, fought with and captured seventeen Indians, prisoners, with 
much plunder. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

9th from John Winslow, (1597- 1674). 

Member of Council of War, 1646. Deputy to General Court, 1653- 
55. 

9th from Capt. John Alden, (i 599-1687). 

Gov.'s Assistant. Deputy. Member of Council of War. Governor 
pro tem., 1664-5, 1677. 

8th from Ensign Nicholas Byram, ( 1688). 

Councillor of War, 1666. In King Philip's War, 1676. 

8th from Sergt. Thomas Waite, ( 1665). 

Appointed Sergt., 1664. 

8th from Ensign John Whitman, (1603-1692). 

Ensign, 1645, and Magistrate. Commissioner to Narragansett In- 
dians, 1664. 

7th from John Ames, (1647- 1742). 

In King Philip's War. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 87 

7tli from John Ensign, ( 1676). 

Killed in Pawtucket Fight, King Philip's War, Capt. Pierce's Co. 
7th from John Otis, (1602-1684). 
In King Philip's War. 



OLIVER OTIS HOWARD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 74. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3905. 

Admitted 22 February, 1906, in right of descent from 

Lieut. John Howard, of Bridgewater, Mass. (1625-1700). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Oliver Otis Howard, Maj. Gen. U. S. A., retired, of Bur- 
lington, Vt., born in Leeds, Me., 8 November, 1830. 

S0}1 of 

Rowland Bailey Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 
29 July, 1795, died in Leeds, Me., 30 April, 1840, and Eliza 
Otis who was born in Leeds, Me., 10 December, 1804. m. in 
Leeds, Me., 29 February, 1828, died in Glencoe, III, 14 Decem- 
ber, 1888. 

son of 

Capt. Seth Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 21 
November, 1762, died in Leeds, Me., 5 January, 1844, and 
Desire Bailey, who was born in Scituate, Mass., 23 January, 
1762, m. in Scituate, Mass., 21 Nov. 1782, died in Leeds, Me., 
28 December, 1829. 

son of 

Capt. Jesse Howard, born in West Bridgewater, Mass., 20 
July, 1740, died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 3 January, 1828, 
and Melatiah. Dunbar, who was born in West Bridgewater, 
Mass., 1741, m. in West Bridgewater, Mass., 1761, died in 
West Bridgewater, Mass., 13 April, 1814. 

son of 

Seth Howard, bom in West Bridgewater, Mass., 15 Novem- 
ber, 1702, died in West Bridgewater or Easton, Mass., 12 
October, 1794, and Mary Ames, who was born in "VVest Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1717, m. in Bridgewater, Mass., 1735, died in 
West Bridgewater, Mass., 7 September, 1758. 



«8 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Maj. Jonathan Howard, born in Duxbury or West Bridge- 
water, Mass., about 1664, died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 
about 1739, and Sarah Dean, who was born in Taunton, Mass., 
9 November, 1668, m. about 1692, died in West Bridgewater, 
Mass. 

son of 

Lieut. John Howard, born in England, 1625, died in West 
Bridgewater, Mass., about 1700, and Martha Hay ward, born, 
probably, in England, m. in Duxbury or Bridgewater, Mass., 
died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 1703. 

John Howard was appointed Ensign 1st Military Co. of Bridge- 
water, Mass., 27 Sept., 1664. Promoted Lieut., 2 Oct., 1689. Deputy, 
1678-83. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 
See those of his son, Harry Stinson Howard, State No. 68. 



JOHN ERASTUS HUBBARD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 18. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2414. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
George Hubbard ( 1683). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

John Erastus Hubbard of Montpelier, Vt., born in Mont- 
pelier, Vt., 24 October, 1847, died in Montpelier, Vt., 17 
July, 1899. 

son of 

Erastus Hubbard, born in Montpelier, Vt., 8 September, 
181 1, died in Montpelier, Vt, 10 October, 1890, and Arabella 
Gratia Blake, who was born in Chelsea, Vt., 26 November, 
181 5, died in Montpelier, Vt., 9 July, 1900. 

son of 

Roger Hubbard, born 21 April, 1783, died 15 November, 
1848, and Fanny Burbank, who was born 1793, died 13 Janu- 
ary, 1847. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 89 

son of 

Timothy Hubbard, born i6 December, 1750, died 15 Octo- 
ber, 1824, and Sarah Gillete, who was born 28 September, 
1753- 
son of 

John Hubbard, born 25 April, 1721, died 24 November, 
1760, and Hannah Cad well, who was born about 1729, died 
5 May, 1796. 

son of 

Lieut. John Hubbard, born August, 1691, died 14 February, 
1775, and Agnes 'Spencer Humphreys, who was born about 
1688, died II April, 1773. 

son of 

Samuel Hubbard, born May, 1648, died 1732, and Sarah 
Kirby, who was born 1654. 

son of 

George Hubbard, died 18 March, 1685, and Elizabeth Watts. 

son of 

George Hubbard, died January, 1683, and Mary Bishop, who 
died 14 September, 1676. 

George Hubbard was Deputy from Wethersfield, Conn., from 
March, 1637, to April, 1641. Deputy from Milford, Mass., 1643-50, 
and from Guilford, Mass., 1650 — et seq. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from William Spencer, ( 1640). 

Lieut, in Newtown, Mass., Co., 1636-7. Charter member of An- 
cient and Honorable Artillery Co., 1638-9. Deputy from Mass., 1638, 
and from Conn., 1639-40. 

4th from Nathan Blake, (1712-1804). 

Soldier in Keene, N. H. Taken prisoner by Indians, 23 April, 
1746, carried to Canada, exchanged and returned home May, 1748. 



HIRAM AUGUSTUS HUSE. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 10. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 737. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 

Lieut. Thomas Cooper of Springfield, Mass, (1619-1675). 



90 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Hiram Augustus Huse, Montpelier, Vt., born in Randolph, 
Vt., ly January, 1843, died in Williamstown, Vt., 23 Septem- 
ber, 1902. 

son of 

Hiram Sylvester Huse, born in Enfield, N. H., 26 October, 
1806, died in Montpelier, Vt,, 31 August, 1895, and Emily 
Morgan Blodgett, who was born in Randolph, Vt., 15 May, 
1811, m. in Randolph, Vt., 26 February, 1835, ^^^^ ^" Mont- 
pelier, Vt., 29 May, 1890. 

daughter of 

Alfred Blodgett, born 30 July, 1786, died 10 March, 1855, 
and Lucretia Morgan, who was born 9 June, 1787, died 22 
March, 1842. 

daughter of 

Stephen Morgan, born 1743, died 12 December, 181 3, and 
Mary Bagg, who was born 1748, died 3 November, 181 1. 

son of 

Isaac Morgan, born 14 March, 1707-8, and Thankful Day, 
who was born 24 December, 171 1. 

daughter of 

Ebenezer Day, born 5 September, 1677, died i September, 
1763, and Mercy Hitchcock, who died 29 September, 1761. 

son of 

Thomas Day, died 27 December, 171 1, and Sarah Cooper, 
who died 21 November, 1726. 

daughter of 

Lieut. Thomas Cooper, born about 1619, died 5 October, 

1675- 

Thomas Cooper was a lieutenant of Colonial Troops from Spring- 
field, Mass., in King Philip's War, and, in the absence of Maj. Pyn- 
chon, was in command when Springfield was burned by the Indians, 
5 Oct., 1675. In this battle he was killed. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

From Capt. Miles Morgan of Springfield, Mass. 
In King Philip's War. Defended his block house against the In- 
dians, in the sacking of Springfield, Mass., 1675. 

From Capt. Eleazer Wheelock of Medfield, Mass., (1654- 

1731)- 
In King Philip's War he commanded a corps of cavalry. 

From Quintin Stockwell. 
A soldier in King Philip's War. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 91 

STEPHEN PERRY JOCELYN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 37. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2433. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Capt. Peter Jocelyn, of Lancaster, Mass. (1665-1759). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Stephen Perry Jocelyn, Brig. Gen. U. S. A., of BurHngton, 
Vt., born in Brownington, Vt., i March, 1843. 

sou of 

WilHam Jocelyn, born in Newport, N. H., 1806, died in 
Barton, Vt., May, 1875, ^^id Abigail Nims Wilder, who was 
born in Waitsfield, Vt., 13 June, 1810, died in Barton, Vt, 
3 April, 1858. 

son of 

William Jocelyn, born in Lancaster, Mass., 1780, died in 
Waitsfield, Vt., 1834, and Rebecca Perry, who was born 1781, 
died 1850. 

son of 

Joseph Jocelyn, born in Lancaster, Mass., 1753, died in 
Lancaster, Mass., 1819, and Dorotha Osgood, who was born 
1754, died 1844. 

son of 

Nathaniel Jocelyn, born in Lancaster, Mass., 11 November, 
1729, died in Lancaster, Mass., 28 May, 1806, and Martha 
Fairbank, who was born 13 January, 1732, died 12 February, 
1768. 

son of 

Ensign Peter Jocelyn, born in Lancaster, Mass., died in 
Lancaster, Mass., 6 August, 1771, and Alice Woods, who was 
born 1700, died 23 September, 1784. 

son of 

Capt. Peter Jocelyn, born in Lancaster, Mass., 22 Decem- 
ber, 1665, died in Lancaster, Mass., 1759, and Joanna Whit- 
comb, who was born 8 January, 1673, died 24 September, 
1717. 

Peter Jocelyn was Captain, and served in the French and Indian 
War. His first wife and four children were massacred by the In- 
dians at Lancaster, Mass., in the Queen Anne War, 18 July, 1692. 



92 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

WYLIE BRANTLEY JONES. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 47. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2561. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Col. Ebenezer Johnson of Derby, Conn. (1645- 1726). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Wylie Brantley Jones of Buffalo, N. Y., born in Hartford, 
Conn., 15 August, 1862. 

son of 

John Jones, born in Louisburg, N. C, died in Oxford, 
Conn., 21 February, 1871, and Martha L. Chatfield, who was 
born in Oxford, Conn., 26 July, 1836, died in Oxford, Conn., 
24 November, 1865. 

daughter of 

Lewis Chatfield, died in Oxford, Conn., 30 ]\Iarch, 1858, 
and Thirza Perry, who was born in Oxford, Conn., 15 Febru- 
ary, 1798, died in New Haven, Conn., 13 September, 1890. 

daughter of 

Joel Perry, born 1769, died 11 April, 1854, and Bettie Riggs, 
who was born 15 August, 1768, died 10 July, 1845. 

daughter of 

John Riggs, born in Derby, Conn., 10 April, 1743, died in 
Oxford, Conn., 18 June, 1814, and Elizabeth Hawkins, who 
was born 10 January, 1746, died 3 October, 181 5. 

son of 

Lieut. Joseph Riggs, born 13 February, 1710, and Mabel 
Johnson, who was born 24 August, 1719. 

daughter of 

Dea. Gideon Jo.hnson, born 1688, and Abigail Chatfield, who 
was born 16 September, 1693. 

son of 

Jeremiah Johnson, born 24 April, 1664, died 11 December, 
1726, and Elizabeth , who was born 1672-3. 

son of 

Col. Ebenezer Johnson, born 1645, died 18 September, 1726, 
and Elizabeth Wooster, who was born 1652-3, died 1674-5. 

Ebenezer Johnson was commissioned Captain in French and In- 
dian War, 1689. Commissioner, 1690-98. Commissioner over Pau- 
gatuck Indians, 1703. Sergt.-Maj. Conn. Militia, 1704-09. Lieut.- 
Col. Conn. Forces against Port Royal. Commissioned Col., 1710. 
Deputy, 1685-1723. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 93 

ROBERT JACKSON KIMBALL. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 9. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 736. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Robert Bradish, Sr. (1675-17 12). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Robert Jackson Kimball, Col. V. N. G., of Randolph, Vt,, 
born in Randolph, Vt., 16 February, 1836, died in Brooklyn, 
N. Y., 3 October, 1903. 

son of 

Hiram Kimball, born 18 December, 1803, died 23 April, 
1865, and Jerusha Bradish, who was born 7 September, 1810, 
died 7 July, 1887. 

daughter of 

Robert Bradish, Jr., born 17 February, 1764, died 23 Sep- 
tember, 1847, ^"d Abigail Jackson, who was born 29 March, 
1774, died 5 February, 1856. 

son of 

Robert Bradish, Sr., born 1675, ^li^d 1712. 

Robert Bradish, Sr., was a scout in the French and Indian Wars. 
Representative from Winchenden, Mass., in General Court, 1776-77. 



ELIAS LYMAN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 21. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2417. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Lieut. John Lyman, of Northampton, Mass. (1623- 1690). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Elias Lyman of Burlington, Vt., born in Burlington, Vt., 
22 October, 1849. 

son of 

Elias Lyman, born in Hartford, Vt., 8 July, 1800, died in 
Burlington, Vt., 5 September, 1870, and Cornelia Joyce Hall, 
who was born in Troy, N. Y., 15 August, 1820, m. 14 April, 
1842, died in Burlington, Vt., 7 February, 1882. 



94 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Elias Lyman, born 23 February, 1768, died 22 November, 
1830, and Anna White, who was born in Hatfield, Mass., 14 
December, 1771, m. 30 December, 1790, died 11 February, 
1844. 

SO)l of 

EUas Lyman, born in Northampton, Mass., 18 August, 1740, 
died 2 March, 1816, and Hannah Clapp, who was born in East 
Hampton, Mass., 25 June, 1742, m. 25 October, 1764, died 
August, 1 81 3. 

son of 

Elias Lyman, born in South Farms, Mass., 15 May, 1710, 
died 17 April, 1790, and Hannah Allen, who was born in 
Northampton, Mass., 1714, m. 8 April, 1736, died October, 
1817. 

son of 

Lieut. John Lyman, Jr., born in Northampton, Mass., i 
August, 1660, died in South Farms. Mass., 8 November, 1740, 
and Mindwell Sheldon Pomeroy, who was born 24 February, 
1666, m. 19 April, 1687, died 8 April, 1735. 

son of 

Lieut. John Lyman, born in High Onga, England, Septem- 
ber, 1623, died in Northampton, Mass., 20 August, 1690, and 
Dorcas Plumb, who was born in Branford, Conn., m. 1654. 

John Lyman was commissioned Ensign 27 June, 1666. Was Lieut, 
in command of Northampton soldiers, after the death of Capt. Wil- 
liam Turner, at the Falls Fight, 18 May, 1676. On 24 May, 1682, 
was appointed by the General Court a member of a committee to 
order and regulate the affairs of a plantation at Squaheage, on the 
Conn. River, granted to the inhabitants of Northampton, Mass. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

9th. from George Wyllys, (1602- 1645). 

Asst., 1639. Governor, 1641-42. 

9th from William Pynchon, (1590- 1662). 

Asst. Treasurer. Gov. of Conn., 1637-38. Gov. of Springfield, 
1641-50. 

8th from Col. John Pynchon, (1625-1703). 

Asst., 1665-86. Member of Council, 1688, 1693-1703. 

7th from Lieut. Col. John Pynchon, Jr., (1647-1721). 

Commissioner for the United Colonies. 

7th from George Colton, ( 1699). 

Quartermaster, 1663. Deputy, 1669-77. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 95 

5th from Lieut. John Lyman, Jr., (1660-1740). 
In King Philip's War. 



CHARLES EDMUND MINER. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 26. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2422. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Capt. Thomas Miner, of Pequot, Conn. (1608-1690). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Edmund Miner of Pasadena, California, born in 
Shelburne, Vt., 4 August, 1842. 

soji of 

Martin Luther Miner, born in Shelburne, Vt., 29 September, 
1813, died in Burlington, Vt, ii July, 1882, and Clorinda 
Crossman, who was born in Williston, Vt,, 30 July, 1808, died 
in Burlington, Vt., 24 December, 1895, 

son of 

Samuel Miner, born 19 June, 1783, died 14 May, 1854, and 
Azubah Boynton, who was born 6 January, 1790, died 22 June, 
1824, 

son of 

Roswell Miner, born 25 September, 1753, died 15 Novem- 
ber, 1809, and Zibeah Col ton, who was born 5 April, 1760, 
died 15 May, 1834. 

son of 

Andrew Miner, born 1725, and Priscilla Bosworth. 

son of 

Clement Miner, born 1696, and Esther Lee. 

son of 

William Miner, born 6 November, 1670, and Anna . 

SO)l of 

Clement Miner, born 23 April, 1640, died October, 1700, and 
Frances Willey who died 6 January, 1672. 
son of 

Capt, Thomas Miner, born in England, 1607, died 23 Octo- 
ber, 1690, and Grace Palmer, who died October, 1690. 

Thomas Miner was Sergt., 1649. Deputy, 1650-51, 1665, 1670, 1673. 
Chief military officer of Train Band at Mystic, Conn., 1665. Captain 
to treat with the Indians, 1676. Called lieutenant on his gravestone. 



96 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

FREDERICK NASH MORTON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 4. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 731. 

Admitted I2 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Col. Thomas ElHson (i 701 -1779). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Frederick Nash Morton, of Lansdowne, Pa., born in Hobo- 
ken, N. J., 16 September, 1864. 

son of 

Edmund Ludlow Morton, died October, 1873, and Josephine 
Holdich. 

son of 

Charles Ferdinand Morton, and Henrietta Ellison, who died 
June, 1888. 

daughter of 

Thomas Ellison and Harriet Rumsey. 

son of 

William Ellison, born 1739, died 1810, and Mary Floyd. 

soti of 

Col. Thomas Ellison, born 1701, died 1779, and Margaret 
Garrabrant. 

Thomas Ellison served with his regiment in the French and In- 
dian War. Marched his regiment from Ulster Co., N. Y., to Fort 
William Henry, and afterwards to Fort Edward in 1757. This ex- 
pedition is the subject of a letter in Washington's headquarters in 
Newburgh, N. Y., dated New Windsor, 1 Nov., 1757. 



ROBERT NOBLE. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 5. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 732. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Capt. EH Noble (1739- 1827). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Robert Noble of Burlington, Vt., born in St. Albans, Vt., 
2 January, 1868. 



ABSTRACTS OP CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 97 

son of 

Guy Chaplin Noble, born in Franklin, Vt., 9 October, 1839, 
died in St. Albans, Vt., 21 May, 1889, and Jerusha Hopkins 
Dewey, who was born in Fairfax, Vt, 4 January, 1844, m. 
2 December, 1862, (living). 

son of 

Sylvester Campbell Noble, born in Berkshire, Vt., 13 No- 
vember, 1808, died in St. Albans, Vt., 19 September, 1870, 
and Nancy Chaplin, who was born in Berkshire, Vt., 9 March, 
1813, m. 15 April, 1832. 

son of 

Robert Noble, born in Pownal, Vt., 8 July, 1783, died in 
East Franklin, Vt., 24 July, i860, and Sarah Phelps, (first 
wife), who was born 15 June, 1786, m. 18 Feb. 1808, died in 
Berkshire, Vt., 23 February, 1844. 

son of 

Capt. Eli Noble, born in Southwick, Mass., 16 October, 
1739, died in Pownal, Vt., December, 1827, and Ruth Camp- 
bell, wdio was born 1741, m. 2y February, 1760, died 24 Decem- 
ber, 1783. 

Eli Noble was a Captain in the French and Indian War. Was 
taken prisoner at Fort William Henry, but escaped from the Indians. 
Served in 1758 under Capt. Selah Barnard. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Thomas Dewey of Windsor, Conn., ( 1648). 

Was Cornet of the Windsor, Conn., Troop, and several times Dep- 
uty to the General Court of Connecticut. 



CARROLL SMALLEY PAGE. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 51. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2661. 

Admitted 22 February, 1899, in right of descent from 
Capt. WilHam Hyde of Norwich, Conn. (1702-1738). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Carroll Smalley Page, ex-Gov. of Vermont, of Hyde Park, 
Vt., born in Westfield, Vt., 10 January, 1843. 



m SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Russell Smith Page, born in Hyde Park, Vt., 21 May, 1813, 
died in Hyde Park, Vt., 30 June, 1893, and Martha Malvina 
Smalley, who was born in Hyde Park, Vt., 11 October, 1821. 

daughter of 

Capt. Francis Smalley, Jr., born in Norwich, Vt., 25 Novem- 
ber, 1785, died in Hyde Park, Vt., 8 June, 1857, and Martha 
Post Hyde, born in Pawlet, Vt., 6 July, 1783, died in Hyde 
Park, Vt, 9 September, 1852. 

He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and son of Francis Smalley, 
Sr., a Revolutionary soldier. 

daughter of 

Capt. Jedediah Hyde, born in Norwich, Conn., 24 August, 
1738, died in Hyde Park, Vt., 29 May, 1822, and Elizabeth 
Brown Parker, who was born in Stonington, Conn., 1751, 
died in Hyde Park, Vt., 28 November, 1825. 

son of 

Rev. Jedediah Hyde, born in Norwich, Conn., 2 June, 1712, 
died in Norwich, Conn., 26 September, 1761, and Jerusha 
Perkins, who was born in Norwich, Conn., i September, 171 1, 
died in Norwich, Conn., 8 February, 1741. 

son of 

Hon. William Hyde, born in Norwich, Conn., January, 1670, 
died in Norwich, Conn., 8 August, 1759, and Ann Bushnell, 
who was born in Norwich, Conn., 4 December, 1674, died in 
Norwich, Conn., 8 July, 1745. 

son of 

Samuel Hyde, born in Plartford, Conn., about 1637, died in 
Norwich, Conn., (West Farms), 1677, and Jane Lee, who was, 
probably, born in England, and died in Norwich, Conn. 

son of 

Capt. William Hyde, born in Norwich, Conn., January, 
1702, died in Norwich, Conn., 8 August, 1738. 

William Hyde, of Norwich, Conn., was Captain of the Train Band, 
Norwich, Conn., 1727. Was a Magistrate of Norwich, Conn., and a 
Deputy to the General Court of Conn. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Sergt. Jacob Perkins, (1623-1700). 
Sergt. Ipswich Co., Colonial Forces. 
5th from Henry Woodward, (1720-1756). 
Killed in French and Indian Wars, 27 June, 1756. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 99 

HAMILTON SULLIVAN PECK. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 62. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3224. 

Admitted 30 April, 1901, in right of descent from Joseph 
Peck (1587-1664). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Hamilton Sullivan Peck, Judge Adv. Gen., V. N. G. of 
Burlington, Vt., born in Royalston, Mass., 22 October, 1845. 

son of 

Sullivan Peck, born in Royalston, Mass.. 27 March, 1806, 
died in Burlington, Vt., 22 November, 1885, and Czarina 
Davis, who was born in Royalston, Mass., 7 August, 1809, m. 
in Royalston, Mass., 29 May, 183 1, died in Burlington, Vt, 
22, June, 1 901. 

son of 

Daniel Peck, born in Rehoboth, Mass., 6 February, 1772, 
died in Royalston, Mass., 25 October, 1839, and Delia Gale, 
m. in Royalston, Mass., 27 April, 1795, died in Royalston, 
Mass., 2 September, 1848, 

son of 

Daniel Peck, born in Rehoboth, Mass., 17 May, 1741, died 
in Royalston, Mass., 1814, and Relief Joy, who was born in 
Rehoboth, Mass., m. in Rehoboth, Mass., 1771, died in Royals- 
ton, Mass., May, 1832. 

son of 

Henry Peck, born in Rehoboth, Mass., 7 December, 1709, 
died in Rehoboth, Mass., and Rachel Whitaker, who was m. 
in Rehoboth, Mass., 26 March, 1732, died in Royalston, Mass. 

son of 

Jathniel Peck, born in Rehoboth, Mass., 24 July, 1660, died 
in Rehoboth, Mass., 5 April, 1742, and Sarah Smith, who was 
m. 28 February, 1688-9, died in Rehoboth, Mass., 4 June, 171 7. 

son of 

Joseph Peck, 2nd., born in England, 23 August, 1623, died 
in Rehoboth, Mass., (He emigrated with his father in 1638, 
and settled, with his family, in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1645. His 
will is dated 5 July, 1697). 

son of 

Joseph Peck, ist., born in Suffolk County. England, (Bap- 
tized in Beccles in said County, 30 April, 1587) died in Reho- 
both, Mass., 2^ December, 1663, and Rebecca Clark, who was 



100 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

born in England, and died there 24 October, 1637, was m. 
there 21 May, 161 7. 

Joseph Peck was a Commissioner for Hingham, 1639. Deputy, 
1639-42. Served in Rehoboth Company in Indian War, 1643. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

6th from Jathniel Peck. 

Representative to General Court in Mass., 1721-31. Soldier in 
Indian Wars. 



THEODORE SAFFORD PECK. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 2. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 729. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Joseph Peck of Milford, Conn. 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Theodore Safford Peck, Brig. Gen. V. N. G., of BnrHngton, 
Vt., born in BurHngton, Vt., 22 March, 1843. 

son of 

Theodore Augustus Peck, born in Burlington, Vt., 8 Au- 
gust, 181 7, died in Watertown, N. Y., 18 May, 1871, and 
Delia Horton Safford, who was born in Ft. Covington, N. Y., 
13 November, 1824, died in Plattsburgh, N. Y., 12 June, 
1889. 

son of 

John Peck, born in Milford, Conn., i May, 1785, died in 
Burlington, Vt., 24 July, 1862, and Almira Catherine Keyes, 
who was born 9 October, 1785, died in Burlington, Vt., 16 
October, 1842. 

son of 

Joseph Peck, born in Milford, Conn., 26 August, 1757, died 
in Onondaga, N. Y., 5 March, 1829, and Hannah Lambert, 
who was born in Milford, Conn. 

son of 

John Peck, born in ISIilford, Conn., 9 December, 1718, died 
in Milford, Conn., 1765, and Sarah Piatt, who was born and 
died in Milford, Conn. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 101 

son of 

Jeremiah Peck, born in Milford, Conn., 1687, died 1765, 
and Hannah Fisk, who was born and died in Rhode Island. 

son of 

Lieut. Joseph Peck, born in Milford, Conn., 1653, died in 
Milford, Conn., and Mary Camp, who was born and died in 
Milford, Conn. 

Joseph Peck of Milford, Conn., was in the Western Campaign, 
King Philip's War, under Lieut. Gillam, 1676. Was Lieut., 1709. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

5th from Elias Keyes of Londonderry, N. H., ( 1719)- 

One of the original proprietors of Londonderry, 1719. Member of 
Gilbert Abbott's Comp. at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 1710-11. 

4th from Jeremiah Peck of Milford, Conn., (1687-1765). 
Ensign, Oct., 1735. Lieut., 16 June, 1737. 



EBEN PUTNAM. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 53. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2927. 

Admitted 22 February, 1900, in right of descent from 
Capt. John Putnam, of Salem, Mass. (1627-1710). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Eben Putnam of Wellesley Farms, Mass., born in Salem, 
Mass., 10 October, 1868. 

son of 

Frederic Ward Putnam, born in Salem, Mass., 16 April, 
1839, and Adelaide Martha Edmunds, who was born in 
Charlestown, Mass., 29 December, 1838, m. in Cambridge, 
Mass., I June, 1864, died in Cambridge, Mass., 9 March, 1879, 

son of 

Ebenezer Putnam, born in Salem, Mass., 6 September, 1797, 
died in Salem, Mass., 3 April, 1876, and Elizabeth Appleton, 
who was born in Salem, Mass., 10 July, 1804, m. in Salem, 
Mass., died in Salem, Mass., 27 April, 1887. 

S07t of 

Ebenezer Putnam, born in Salem, Mass., 1768, died in 
Salem, Mass., 25 February, 1826, and Elizabeth Fiske, who 



102 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

was born in Salem, Mass., 19 July, 1778, m. in Salem, Mass., 

13 November, 1796, died in Salem, Mass., March, 1808. 

son of 

Ebenezer Putnam, M. D., born in Salem, Mass., 171 7, 
(Baptized 20 October, 171 7), died in Salem, Mass., 12 August, 
1788, and Margaret Scollay, who was baptized in Marblehead, 
Mass., 6 December, 1724, m. in Salem, Mass., 28 October, 
1764, died in Salem, Mass., April, 1808. 

son of 

James Putnam, born in Salem, Mass., 1689-90. (Baptized 
22 February, 1690), died in Salem, Mass., (Will proved 

14 January 1764), and Ruth Hathorne, who was born in Salem, 
Mass., 1694, (Baptized September, 1694), m. 15 January, 
1714-15, died in Salem, Mass., 20 February, 1761. 

son of 

Lieut. James Putnam, born in Salem, Mass., 4 September, 
1661, died in Salem, Mass., 7 April, 1727, and Sarah Brockle- 
bank, who was born in Rowley, Mass., 11 September, 1664, 
died in Salem, Mass., 25 December, 1717. 

son of 

Capt. John Putnam, born in Aston Abbots, England, 1627, 
(Baptized 27 May, 1627), died in Salem, Mass., 7 April, 17 10, 
and Rebecca Prince, m. in Salem, Mass., 3 September, 1652. 

John Putnam of Salem, Mass., was Corp., 1672, and served in the 
troop raised at Salem and Lynn, under Capt. George Corwin, for 
King Philip's War. Commissioned Lieut., 7 October, 1678. Capt., 
1687. Deputy several terms, 1679-1692. 



RALPH WRIGHT PUTNAM. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 54. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3397. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from Lieut. 
Thomas Putnam of Salem, Mass. (1614-1686). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Ralph Wright Putnam, of Putnamville, born in Mont- 
pelier, Vt., 24 March, 1876. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 103 

son. of 

Christopher C. Putnam, born in Middlesex, Vt., 26 August, 
1839, and Jennie E. Wright, who was born in MontpeHer, Vt., 
25 Alarch, 1852, m. in MontpeHer, Vt., 22 September, 1874. 

son of 

Christopher C. Putnam, born in Middlesex, Vt., 12 Decem- 
ber, 1810, died in Middlesex, Vt., 25 January, 1899, and Eliza 
Stone, who was born in Washington, Vt., 20 January, 1806, 
m. in Worcester, Vt., 14 January, 1836, died in Middlesex, 
Vt., 14 August, 1893. 

son of 

Jacob Putnam, born in Charlestown, N. H., 18 March, 1771, 
died in Middlesex, Vt., 19 May, 1844, and Polly Worth, who 
was born in Newburyport, Mass., 1783, m. in Charlestown, 
N. H., died in Middlesex, Vt., 25 January, 1840. 

son of 

Ebenezer Putnam, born in Billerica, Mass., 8 August, 1719, 
died in Charlestown, N. H., 2 February, 1782, and Mary 
Parker, who was born in Charlestown, N. H., 22 March, 
1721, m. in Charlestown, N. H., died in Charlestown, N. H., 
12 January, 1807. 

son of 

Seth Putnam, born in Salem Village, Mass., May, 1695, 
died in Charlestown, N. H., 30 November, 1775, ^^^ Ruth 
Whipple, who was born in Charlestown, N. H., 1692, m. in 
Charlestown, N. H., 16 September, 1718, died in Charlestown, 
N. H., I February, 1785. 

son of 

Sergt. Thomas Putnam, born in Salem Village, Mass., 12 
January, 1652, died in Salem Village, Mass., 24 May, 1699, 
and Ann Carr, who was born in Salisbury, N. H., 15 June, 
1661, m. in Salem Village, Mass., 25 September, 1678, died in 
Salem Village, Mass., 8 June, 1699. 

son of 

Lieut. Thomas Putnam, born in Aston Abbots, County 
Bucks, England, 7 March, 1614, died in Salem Village, Mass., 
5 May, 1686, and Ann Holyoke, who was born in Lynn, Mass., 
m. in Lynn, Mass., 17 August, 1643, died in Salem Village, 
Mass., I September, 1665. 

Thomas Putnam was the largest taxpayer in Salem, Mass., and 
the town of Holyoke was founded by the parents of his wife. He 
was Lieut. Troop of Horse, Lynn, Mass., 1662. Sergt in the Narra- 
gansett Fight, in King Philip's War. 



104 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

5th from Seth Putnam of Charlestown, N. H., (1695- 1775). 

A member of Capt. Phineas Stephens' Comp. at Charlestown, N. H., 
1751-55. Assisted in repelling the Indian attacks on that place. 

4th from Ebenezer Putnam, (171 9- 1782). 

He was a member of Col. Josiah Williams' Comp. at Fort Dum- 
mer, 1746, and of Capt. Phineas Stephens' Comp. at Charlestown, N. 
H., 1751-55. 



WARREN EDWARD PUTNAM. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 55. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3398. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from 
Lieut. Thomas Putnam of Salem, Mass. (1614-1686). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Warren Edward Putnam, M. D., Surg. Gen. V. N. G., of 
Bennington, Vt., born in Putnam, Canada, 7 May, 1857. 

son of 

Thomas Putnam, born in Delaware, Canada, 28 October, 
1804, died in Hamilton, Canada, 26 March, 1880, and Nancy 
Harris, who was born in Boston, Canada, 6 October, 1824, m. 
in Boston, Canada, 1847, c^i^*^! ^^ Ingersoll, Canada, 14 No- 
vember, 1886. 

son of 

Seth Putnam, born in Lunenburgh, Mass., 16 September, 
1756, died in Putnam, Canada, 3 September, 1827, and Sarah 
Harden, who was born in Nova Scotia, 14 May, 1763, m. in 
Halifax, N. S., died in Putnam, Canada, 10 June, 1827. 

son of 

Thomas Putnam, born in Billerica, Mass., 22 October, 1728, 
died in Charlestown, N. H., 20 August, 1814, and Rachel 
Wetherbee, who was bom in Charlestown, N, H., 3 April, 
1733, m. in Lunenburgh, Mass., 24 January, 1754, died in 
Charlestown, N. H., 12 June, 18 12. 

son of 

Seth Putnam, born in Salem Village, Mass., May, 1695, 
died in Charlestown, N. H., 30 November, 1775, and Ruth 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 106 

Whipple, who was born in Charlestown, N. H., 22 December, 
1692, m. in Charlestown, N. H., 16 September, 1718, died in 
Charlestown, N. H., i February, 1785. 

son of 

Sergt. Thomas Putnam, born in Salem Village, Mass., 12 
January, 1652, died in Salem Village, Mass., 24 May, 1699, 
and Ann Carr, who was born in Salisbury, N. H., 15 June, 
1661, m. in Salem Village. Mass., 25 September, 1678, died in 
Salem Village, Mass., 8 June 1699. 

son of 

Lieut. Thomas Putnam, born in Aston Abbots, County 
Bucks, England, 7 March, 1614, died in Salem Village, Mass., 
5 May, 1686, and Ann Holyoke, who was bom in Lynn, Mass., 
m. in Lynn, Mass., 17 August, 1643, died in Salem Village, 
Mass., I September, 1665. 

Thomas Putnam was the largest taxpayer in Salem, Mass. His 
wife's family were the founders of the town of Holyoke, Mass. He 
was the grandfather of Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, of the Revolution, 
and great grandfather of Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam. Was Lieut, of 
Lynn Troop of Horse, 1662, and Chairman of Parish Com., 1672, an 
office of distinction. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

4th from Seth Putnam of Charlestown, N, H., (1695- 1775). 

A member of Capt. Phineas Stephens' Comp. at Charlestown, 
N. H., 1751-55. Assisted in repelling the Indian attacks on that place. 



ALBERT EMORE RICHARDSON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 33. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2429. 

Admitted 22 February, 1896, in right of descent from 
Elder William Brewster of Plymouth, Mass., (i 566-1644). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Albert Emore Richardson of Burlington, Vt., born in Bar- 
ton, Vt., 15 May, 1844. 

son of 

William Macdonough Richardson, born in Lisbon, N. H., 
1 82 1, died in Lisbon, N. H., 1885, and Lucy Cook, who was 



106 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

born in Lyme, N, H., 1823, m. 1792, died in Lisbon, N. H., 
3 December, 1905. 

son of 

John Richardson, born in Lisbon, N. H., 18 February, 1769, 
and OHve Dailey, who was m. 1792, died in Lisbon, N. H., 2 
December, 1854. 

son of 

Capt. Luther Richardson, born in Lebanon, Conn., 4 Octo- 
ber, 1748, died in Charleston, S. C, after 1780, and Sarah 
Ticknor, who was born in Lebanon, Conn., 31 August, 1745. 

sou of 

Lieut. Ebenezer Richardson, Jr., born in Lebanon, Conn., 
25 August, 1720, and Katherine Brewster, who was born in 
Lebanon, Conn., 15 April, 1727, m. in Lebanon, Conn., 5 No- 
vember, 1747. 

son of 

Ebenezer Brewster, born in Lebanon, Conn., i February, 
1702-3, and Elizabeth DeWolf, m. in Lebanon, Conn., 13 No- 
vember, 1 72 1. 

son of 

William Brewster, born in New London, Conn., 22 March, 
1669, died in Lebanon, Conn., ii August, 1728, and Patience 
, who died in Coventry, Conn., about 1740. 

son of 

Benjamin Brewster, born in Duxbury, Mass., 17 Novem- 
ber, 1633, died in New London, Conn., 14 September, 1710, 
and Anna Addis Dart, who was m. in New London, Conn., last 
day of February, 1659-60, died in New London, Conn., 9 May, 
1709. 

son of 

Jonathan Brewster, born in Scrooby Notts, England, 12 
August, 1593, died in New London, Conn., 7 August, 1659, 
and Lucretia Oldham, who was m. 10 April, 1624, died in New 
London, Conn., 4 March, 1678-9. 

son of 

Elder William Brewster, born in Scrooby Notts, England, 
1566-7, died in Plymouth, Mass., 10 April, 1644, and Mary 
, who died in Plymouth, Mass., 17 April, 1627. 

William Brewster was a member and Chaplain of the first Mili- 
tary Co. organized at Plymouth, under Capt. Myles Standish, and 
served against the Indians. Is credited with having drafted in the 
cabin of the Mayflower, the first written Constitution. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 107 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from Jonathan Brewster of Duxbury, j\Iass., (1593- 

1659). 

Representative, 1639, 41, 42, 44. Member of Capt. Myles Standish 
Comp. Military Commissioner Pequot War. Deputy for New Lon- 
don, Conn., 1650, 1655-58. 

8th from Benjamin Brewster, (1633-1710). 

Deputy, 1668-97. Lieut. New London Troop, 1673. Capt. of Mili- 
tary Troop at Norwicli, Conn., 1693. 

7th from Samuel Richardson, (1646-1712). 

In King Philip's War, under Lieut. William Hasey, 1675-6. 



FREDERICK ALBERT RICHARDSON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 39. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2446. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Samuel Richardson of Woburn, Mass., (1646-1717). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Frederick Albert Richardson of New York City, born in 
Burlington, Vt., 31 August, 1873. 

son of 

Albert Emore Richardson of Burlington, Vt., born in Bar- 
ton, Vt., 15 May, 1844, and Frances Webb, who was born in 
Glover, Vt., 8 November, 1842, m. in Lisbon, N. H., 25 
December, 1866. 

son of 

William Macdonough Richardson, born in Lisbon, N. H., 
1821, died in Lisbon, N. H., 1885, and Lucy Cooke, who was 
born in Lyme, N. H., 1823, died in Lisbon, N. H., 3 Decem- 
ber, 1905. 

son of 

John Richardson, born in Lisbon, N. H., 18 February, 1769, 
and Olive Dailey, who was m. 1792, died in Lisbon, N. H., 2 
December, 1854. 

SO)l of 

Capt. Luther Richardson, born in Lebanon, Conn., 4 Octo- 
ber, 1748, died in Charleston, S. C, after 1780, and Sarah 
Ticknor, who was born in Lebanon, Conn., 31 August, 1745. 



108 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Lieut. Ebenezer Richardson, born in Lebanon, Conn., 25 
August, 1720, and Katherine Brewster, who was born in 
Lebanon, Conn., 15 April, 1727, m. in Lebanon, Conn., 5 
November, 1747. 

son of 

Ebenezer Richardson, born in Woburn, Mass., 15 March, 
1686-7, <^^cd in Lebanon, Conn., 18 May, 1756, and EHzabeth 
Kendrick, who was m. in Lebanon, Conn., 14 January, 1717-8. 

son of 

Samuel Richardson, Jr., born in Woburn, Mass., 22 May, 
1646, died in Woburn, Mass., 29 April, 1712, and Sarah Hay- 
ward, who was born in Charlestown, Mass., February, 1655-6, 
m. 8 September, 1680, died in Woburn, Mass., 14 October, 1717. 

Samuel Richardson, Jr., of Woburn, Mass., was in King Philip's 
War under Lieut. William Hasey, 1676. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from Maj. William Bradford, (1624- 1705). 

Assistant, 1668 82. Deputy Gov. Plymouth Colony, 1682-86, 1689- 
92. Commander of Plymouth Forces at Great Swamp Fight. Com- 
missioner of the United Colonies. 

7th from Alexander Gordon of Exeter, N. H., (1635-1697). 

Soldier in King William's War. 

See also those of his father, Albert E. Richardson, State 

No. 33. 



WILLIAM SHIELDS ROBERTS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 41. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2450. 

Admitted 19 March, 1898, in right of descent from Capt. 
William Brockway of Lyme, Conn., (1723-1798). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Rev. William Shields Roberts, D. D., of Stamford, Conn., 
born in New Carlisle, Ohio, i April, 1845. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 109 

son of 

William Smith Roberts, born in Lancaster, Ohio, i October, 
1809, died in Kalamazoo, Mich., 18 November, 1869, and 
Henrietta Eliza Skinner, who was born in Geneseo, N Y., 29 
April, 1819, died in Bloomington, III, 25 April, 1885. 

daughter of 

Aaron Skinner, born in Colchester, Conn., 22 October, 1779, 
died in Battle Creek, Mich., 31 August, 1862, and Alice Brock- 
way, who was born in Columbia, Conn., 4 November, 1782, 
died in Marysville, Ohio, 19 August, 1851. 

daughter of 

Rev. Thomas Brockway, born 20 January, 1745, died in 
Lyme, Conn., 5 July, 1807, and Eunice Lathrop, who was born 
13 September, 1753, died 16 September, 1823. 

son of 

Capt. William Brockway, born 22 February, 1723, died 25 
February, 1798, and Hannah Clark, who was born 1724, died 
8 January, 1797. 

William Brockway was appointed, Oct., 1768, Capt. of the 5th Co. 
or Train Band, of Lyme, Conn. 



DANIEL WEBSTER ROBINSON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 32. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2428. 

Admitted 22 February, 1896, in right of descent from 
William Hack of Taunton, Mass., (1663-1738). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Daniel Webster Robinson of Burlington, Vt., born in 
Nashua, N. H., 13 October, 1843. 

son of 

Allen Robinson, born in Raynham, Mass., 25 ]\lay, 1801, 
died in Nashua, N. H., 30 March,- 1877, and Eunice Thomas 
Moore, who was born in Dunstable, N. H., 2t, September, 
1800, m. in Chelmsford, Mass., Jan. i, 1828, died in Nashua, 
N. H., 8 September, 1876. 

son of 

Alvin Robinson, born in Raynham, Mass., 23 June, 1779, 
died in Mansfield, Mass., 19 December, 1857, and Mary Hack, 



110 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

who was born in Taunton, Mass., 23 May, 1778, m. June 29, 
1800, died in Mansfield, Mass., 4 October, 1856. 

daughter of 

Peter Hack and Susanna Pratt. 

son of 

William Hack, died in 1752, and Mary Tinkham, Avho was 
born in Middleboro, Mass., June, 1708, m. August, 1729. 

son of 

William Hack, born in Taunton, Mass., 15 November, 1663, 
died in Taunton, Mass., 1738. 

William Hack was in Phipps's expedition to Canada. 1690, and 
was awarded a grant of land for his services and losses, by the Com- 
monwealth of Mass., at General Court, 6 June, 1735. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

7th from William Robinson of Dorchester, Mass., ( 

1668). 

Member of "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co." of Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 



JULIUS WILLIAM RUSSELL. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 46. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2560. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Capt. Thomas Miner of Pequot, Mass., (1608-1690). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Julius William Russell of Burlington, Vt., born in Moira, 
N. Y., I September, 1846, died in Burlington, Vt., 25 Febru- 
ary, 1900. 

son of 

William P. Russell, born 24 December, 1817, died 25 June, 
1847, and Lydia Sabria Miner, who was born 31 January, 
1819, died 27 April, 1857. 

daughter of 

Samuel Miner, born 19 June, 1783, died 14 May, 1854, and 
Azubah Boynton, who was born 6 January, 1790, died 22 
June, 1824. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. Ill 

son of 

Roswell Miner, born 26 September, 1753, died 15 Novem- 
ber, 1809, and Zibrah Colton, who was born 5 April, 1760, 
died 15 May, 1834. 

son of 

Andrew Miner, born 1725, and Priscilla Bosworth. 

son of 

Clement Miner, born 1696, and Esther Lee. 

son of 

William Miner, born 6 November, 1670, and Anna . 

son of 

Clement Miner, born 23 April, 1640. died October, 1700, 
and Frances Willey, who died 6 January, 1672. 

son of 

Capt. Thomas Miner, born in England, 23 April, 1608, 
died 23 October, 1690, and Grace Palmer, m. 23 April, 1624, 
died October, 1690. 

Thomas Miner of Pequot, Conn., was Sergt., 1649. Deputy, 1650- 
51, 65, 70, 73. Chief military officer of Train Band at Mystic, Conn., 
1665. Captain to treat with the Indians, 1676. Called Lieutenant 
on his gravestone. 



EDWARD CURTIS STvIITH. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 16. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2412. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Hezekiah Brainerd, (16801727). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Edward Curtis Smith, Ex-Gov. of Vermont, of St. Albans, 
Vt., born in St. Albans, Vt., 5 January, 1854. 

son of 

Ex-Gov. John Gregory Smith, born in St. Albans, Vt., 22 
July, 1818, died in St. Albans, Vt, 6 November, 1891, and Ann 
Eliza Brainerd, who was born in St. Albans, Vt., 7 October, 
1819, m. in St. Albans, Vt., 2y December, 1843, died 6 Janu- 
ary, 1905. 



112 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

daughter of 

Hon. Lawrence Brainerd, born in East Hartford, Conn., i6 
March, 1794, died in St. Albans, Vt., 9 May, 1870, and 
Fidelia Barnet Gadcomb, who was born in St. Albans, Vt., 31 
March, 1793, died in St. Albans, Vt., 18 October, 1852. 

son of 

Ezra Brainerd, born 11 May, 1769, died 15 November, 1833, 
and Mabel Porter, who was born June, 1770, died 27 August, 

son of 

Dea. Ezra Brainerd, born 17 August, 1744, died 7 April, 
1837, and Jerusha Smith, who was born 1744, died 11 October, 
1811. 

daughter of 

Lieut. David Smith and Dorothy Brainerd, who was born 
in Haddani, Conn., 23 February, 1710, and died in Haddam, 
Conn. 

daughter of 

Hon. Hezekiah Brainerd, born 1681, died 24 May, 1727, 
and Dorothy H. Mason, who was born 1680, died 11 May, 
1732. 

Hezekiah Brainerd was Deputy, Colony of Conn., 1713, 1716-22. 
Clerlv of the Lower House, 1720. Speaker, 1721-22. Assistant, 1723- 
27. In consideration of services he was granted 300 acres of land 
in Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., 1726. 



GEORGE GREGORY SMITH. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 49. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2563. 

Admitted 27 July, 1898, in right of descent from Heze- 
kiah Brainerd, (1680- 1 727). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

George Gregory Smith of Florence, Italy, born in St. Al- 
bans, Vt., 4 September, 1845. 

son of 

Ex-Gov. John Gregory Smith, born in St. Albans. Vt., 22 
July, 1818, died in vSt. Albans, Vt., 6 November, 1891, and 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OP MEMBERS. 113 

Ann Eliza Brainerd, who was born in St. Albans, Vt., 7 
October, 1819, m. in St. Albans, Vt., 2"] December, 1843, 
died in St. Albans, Vt., 6 January, 1905. 

daughter of 

Hon. Lawrence Brainerd, born in East Hartford, Conn., 16 
March, 1794, died in St. Albans, Vt., 9 May, 1870, and Fidelia 
Barnet Gadcomb, who was born in St. Albans, Vt., 31 March, 
1793, died in St. Albans, Vt., 18 October, 1852. 

son of 

Ezra Brainerd, born 11 May, 1769, died 15 November, 
1833, ^•'^d Mabel Porter, who was born June, 1770, died 27 
August, 1833. 

son of 

Dea. Ezra Brainerd. born 17 August, 1744, died 7 April, 
1837, a"d Jerusha Smith, who was born 1744, died 11 Octo- 
ber, 181 1. 

daughter of 

Lieut. David Smith and Dorothy Brainerd, who was born 
in Haddam, Conn., 23 February, 1710, and died in Haddam, 
Conn. 

daughter of 

Hezekiah Brainerd, born 1681, died 24 May, 1727, and 
Dorothy H. Mason, who was born 1680, died 11 May, 1732. 

Hezekiah Brainerd was Deputy. Colony of Conn., May, 1713, and 
May and Oct., 1716-23. Clerk of' the Lower House. 1720. Speaker 
at May and October sessions, 1721-22. Assistant, 1723-27. 



WORTHINGTON SMITH TELFORD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 22. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2418. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Lieut. Samuel Smith, Sr., (1602-1680). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Worthington Smith Telford of Duluth, Minn., born in 
Louisville, Ky., 22 June, 1871. 

son of 

John Gilmer Telford, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 1 Novem- 
ber, 1843, died in St. Paul, Minn., 10 February, 1873, and 



114 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Elizabeth Smith, who was born in St. Albans, Vt., 14 July, 
1840, died in Chicago, 111., 17 September, 1874. 

daughter of 

Rev. Worthington Smith, D. D., born in Hadley, Mass., 
II October, 1795, died in St. Albans, Vt., 13 February, 1856, 
and Mary Ann Little, who was born in St. Albans, Vt., 16 
November, 1803, died in St. Albans, Vt., i June, 1887. 

son of 

Seth Smith, born in Hadley, Mass., 24 January, 1751, died 
in Hadley, Mass., 30 June, 1828, and Lydia Smith, who was 
born in Williamstown, Mass., 2y February, 1757, died in Had- 
ley, Mass., 23 August, 1828. 

son of 

Jonathan Smith, born in Hadley, Mass., 4 March, 1702, 
died in Hadley, Mass., 4 April, 1774, and Mehitable Cook, 
who was born 171 7, died in Hadley, Mass., 1766. 

son of 

Luke Smith, born in Hadley, Mass., 16 April, 1666, died in 
Hadley, Mass., 1748, and Mary Coon, who was born 1672, 
died in Hadley, Mass., 1761. 

son of 

Chiliab Smith, born in Hadley, Mass., 1636, died in Hadley, 
Mass., 1 73 1, and Hannah Hitchcock, who was born in 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1645, died in Hadley, IMass., 1733. 

son of 

Lieut. Samuel Smith, born in England, 1602, died in Had- 
ley, Mass., 1680, and Elizabeth , who was born in Eng- 
land, 1603, died in Hadley, Mass., 1686. 

Samuel Smith was "Antient Serjeant" at Wethersfield, Conn., and 
Deputy, 1640-61. Lieut, of Train Band of Hadley Troop, 1663-78. 
Deputy of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1661-73. Commissioner 
to the Mohawks, 1667. 



ALBERT TUTTLE. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 44. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2598. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Maj. William Bradford of Plymouth, Mass., ( 1589- 1 651). 



ABSTRACTS OP CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 115 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Albert Tuttle of Fair Haven, Vt., born in Castleton, Vt., 
15 April, 1846. 

son of 

Albert Sanford Tuttle, born in Castleton, Vt., 21 June, 1817, 
died in Hackettstown, N. J., 16 December, 1855, and Char- 
lotte Culver Moulton, who was born in Castleton, Vt., 23 
November, 181 5, m. i July, 1845, died in Poultney, Vt., 7 
September, 1899. 

daughter of 

Samuel Moulton, born 10 April, 1782, died in Castleton, 
Vt., 21 April, 1838, and Mellona Woodward, who was born 
5 January, 1786, m. 16 October, 1814, died 16 May, 1870. 

daughter of 

Arunah Woodward, born 27 December, 1753, died i January, 
1835, ^"<i Charlotte Culver, who was born 10 April, 1762, 
died II May, 1813. 

son of 

Joseph Woodward, born in Canterbury, Conn., and Mary 
Bradford. 

daughter of 

James Bradford, bom in Norwich, Conn., 1684, died 26 
March, 1762, and Edith , 

son of 

Thomas Bradford, born 1660, died 1708, and Anna Smith. 

son of 

Maj. William Bradford, born 17 June, 1624, died 27 Feb- 
ruary, 1704, and Alice Richards, who died 12 December, 1671. 

son of 

Maj. William Bradford, born in England, 1589, died 9 
May, 1657, and Alice Southworth, who died 26 March, 1670. 

William Bradford was next to Capt. Myles Standish as chief mili- 
tary man of Plymouth Colony, with rank of Major. In King Philip's 
War. Was the second Gov. of Plymouth Colony, 1621-33, 1637, 1639- 
44, 1645-57. Asst. Treas. and Dep. Gov., 1682-86, 1689-92, when Ply- 
mouth Colony was united to Massachusetts Bay. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from Capt. Thomas Miner of Pequot, Conn., (1608- 
1690). 

Sergt, 1649. Deputy, 1650-51, et seq. Captain King Philip's 
War. Chief military officer at Mystic, Conn., 1665. 



116 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

7th from Capt. John Miner, (i 634-1 719). 

Captain, 1684. Indian Commissioner and Interpreter. Deputy 
for Stratford and Woodbury, Conn., 1667-1710. In French and In- 
dian Wars, 1707-08. 



CHARLES STRAIN VAN PATTEN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 43. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2460. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
John Douglass. 

Abstract of Claim on Pile. 

Charles Strain Van Patten of Burlington, Vt., born in Bur- 
lington, Vt., 2 March, 1878. 

son of 

William James Van Patten, born in Wauwatosa, Wis., 9 
September, 1848, and Harriet Penfield Lemon, born in White- 
hall, N. Y., 9 December, 1854, m. in Burlington, Vt., 9 June, 
1874. 

son of 

William Henry Van Patten, born 3 March, 1824, died in 
Delafield, Wis., 16 January, 1850, and Mary Vanderpool, who 
was born in Albany, N. Y., May, 1827, died in Bristol, Vt., 
25 October, 1865. 

daughter of 

William Vanderpool, died in Vernon, Wis., and Harriet 
Johnson, who was born in England. 

son of 

John Vanderpool and Isabella Douglass. 

daughter of 

John Douglass, born in Scotland, and Catherine Lockhart. 

John Douglass was in Lieut. Sharpe's Co. at Albany, N. Y., 1689. 
Also on duty guarding the frontiers at Albany, N. Y., 1 Nov., 1697, 
to 1 May, 1698, under command of Col. Richard Ingolsby. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 117 

WILLIAM JAMES VAN PATTEN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 42. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2459. 

Admitted 22 February, 1897, in right of descent from 
John Douglass. 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

William James Van Patten of Burlington, Vt., born in 
Wauwatosa, Wis., 9 September, 1848. 

son of 

William Henry Van Patten, born 3 March, 1824, died in 
Delafield, Wis., 16 January, 1850, and Mary Vanderpool, who 
was born in Albany, N. Y., May, 1827, died in Bristol, Vt., 
25 October, 1865. 

daughter of 

William Vanderpool, died in Vernon, Wis,, and Harriet 
Johnson, who was born in England. 

son of 

John Vanderpool and Isabella Douglass. 

daughter of 

John Douglass, born in Scotland, and Catherine Lockhart. 

John Douglass was in Lieut. Sharpe's Co. at Albany, N. Y., 1689. 
Also on duty guarding the frontiers at Albany, N. Y., 1 Nov., 1697, 
to 1 May, 1698, under command of Col. Richard Ingolsby. 



FREDERICK WOOD WARD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 59. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3175. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from Col. 
Samuel Partridge of Hadley, Mass., (1645-1740). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Frederick Wood Ward of Burlington, Vt., born 22 June, 
1857, at Burlington, Vt. 

son of 

Charles Frederick Ward, born in Pittsfield, Mass., 8 Octo- 
ber, 1818, died in Burlington, Vt., 25 March, 1900, and 
Jeannette E. Wood (2nd wife), who was born in Westford, 



118 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Vt., 24 January, 1830, m. in Maiden, Mass., 13 March, 1856, 
died in Burlington, Vt., 18 October, 1896. 

son of 

Isaac Ward, born 1794, died 15 April, 1870, and Nancy 
Flannag-an, who was born 15 September, 1796, m. in Pitts- 
field, Mass., 23 January, 1816, died in Pittsfield, Mass., 14 
October, 1835. 

son of 

Isaac Ward, born 1757, died in Pittsfield, Mass., 17 Febru- 
ary, 1 83 1, and Pamelia Partridge, who was born in Hatfield, 
Mass., 5 January, 1761, died in Pittsfield, Mass., 11 July, 1846. 

daughter of 

Col. Oliver Partridge, born 13 June, 1712, died 21 July, 
1799, and Anna Williams, who was born 1717, m. 1734, died 21 
December, 1802. 

son of 

Edward Partridge, born 26 April, 1683, died in Hatfield, 
Mass., 26 December, 1757, and Martha Williams, who was 
born 10 October, 1690, m. 14 May, 1707, died 26 November, 
1766. 

son of 

Col. Samuel Partridge, born 15 October, 1645, died 5 De- 
cember, 1740. 

Samuel Partridge was Quartermaster. Served in garrison in 
Brookfield, 1676, King Philip's War. Maj. John Pynchon's Troop, 
1688. Col. of the Regt. Deputy, 1683, et seq. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

4th from Col. Oliver Partridge, (1712-1792). 

Representative. Delegate to Congress at Albany, 1754. Also to 
first Colonial Congress, 1765. One of the Committee to rebuild Fort 
Massachusetts, 1746-47. Col. of Mass. Bay Forces at capture of Fort 
Ticonderoga, 1758. 



HENRY LANDON WARD. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 58. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3174. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from Col. 
Samuel Partridge of Hadley, Mass., (i 645-1 740). 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 119 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Henry Landon Ward of Burlington, Vt., born 3 July, i860, 
at Burlington, Vt. 

son of 

Charles Frederick Ward, born in Pittsfield, Mass., 8 Octo- 
ber, 1818, died in Burlington, Vt., 25 March, 1900, and 
Jeannette E. Wood (2nd wife), who was born in Westford, 
Vt., 24 January, 1830, m. in Maiden, Mass., 13 March, 1856, 
died in Burlington, Vt., 18 October, 1896. 

son of 

Isaac Ward, born 1794, died 15 April, 1870, and Nancy 
Flannagan, who was born 15 September, 1796, m. in Pitts- 
field, Mass., 23 January, 1816, died in Pittsfield, Mass., 14 
October, 1835. 

S0}1 of 

Isaac Ward, born 1757, died in Pittsfield, Mass., 17 Febru- 
ary, 1 83 1, and Pamelia Partridge, who was born in Hatfield, 
Mass., 5 January, 1761, died in Pittsfield, Mass., 11 July, 1846. 

daughter of 

Col. Oliver Partridge, born 13 June, 1712, died 21 July, 1799, 
and Anna Williams, who was born 171 7, m. 1734, died 21 
December, 1802, 

S0}1 of 

Edward Partridge, born 26 April, 1683, died in Hatfield, 
Mass., 26 December, 1757, and Martha Williams, who was 
born 10 October, 1690, m. 14 May, 1707, died 26 November, 
1766. 

son of 

Col. Samuel Partridge, born 15 October, 1645, died 5 De- 
cember, 1740. 

Samuel Partiidge was Quartermaster. Served in garrison in 
Brookfield, 1676, King Philip's War. Maj. John Pynchon's Troop, 
1688. Col. of the regiment. Deputy, 1683, et seq. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

4th from Col. Oliver Partridge, (17 12-1792). 

Representative. Delegate to Congress at Albany, 1754. Also to 
first Colonial Congress, 1765. One of the Committee to ret)uild Fort 
Massachusetts, 1746-47. Col. of Mass. Bay Forces at capture of Fort 
Ticonderoga, 1758. 



120 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

HEMAN ALLEN WATERMAN. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 30. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2426. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Ensign Thomas Waterman, (1644- 1708). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Heman Allen Waterman, of Johnson, Vt., born in Johnson, 
Vt., 3 November, 1830, died in Johnson, Vt., 5 August, 1896. 

son of 

Capt. Thomas Waterman, born 5 January, 1781, died 13 
February, 1875, and Eleanor Dodge, who was born 1786, died 

1875- 

He was a soldier in the War of 1812. 

son of 

Arannah Waterman, born 1749, died 1838, and Hannah 
Leffinwell, who was born 1749, died 1812. 

son of 

Asa Waterman, born 1706, died 1783, and Lucy Hyde, who 
was born 171 3, died 1790. 

son of 

Thomas Waterman, born 1670, died 1740, and Elizabeth 
Allyn. 

son of 

Ensign Thomas Waterman, born 1644, died 1708, and 
Miriam Tracy, who was born 1648. 

Thomas Waterman was commissioned Ensign of Conn. Cavalry, 
7 Dec, 1708. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

6th from Robert Waterman, ( 1652). 

In Plymouth Militia, 1643. 



WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 3. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 730. 

Admitted 12 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
Sergt, John Nott of Wethersfield, Conn, 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 121 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

William Seward Webb, Col. V. N. G., of Shelburne, Vt., 
born in New York City, N. Y., 31 January, 1851. 

son of 

Gen. James Watson Webb, born in Claversack, N. Y., 8 
February, 1802, died in the city of New York, 7 June, 1884, 
and Laura Virginia Cram, who was born 2 January, 1826, died 
January, 1890. 

son of 

Gen. Samuel Blachley Webb, born in Wetherfield, Conn., 
16 December, 1753, died 13 December, 1807, and Catherine 
Hogeboom, who died 1805. 

son of 

Joseph Webb, born in Stamford, Conn., 8 December, 1729, 
died 5 April, 1761, and Mehitable Nott, who was born in 
Wethersfield, Conn.. 10 August, 173?, died in Wethersfield, 
Conn., 13 October, 1767. 

daughter of 

Gresham Nott, bom 19 March, 1693, died 7 September, 
1752, and Sarah Waterhouse. 

son of 

John Nott, and Patience Miller. 

son of 

Sergt. John Nott. 

John Nott was Sergeant in charge of a quota of twenty-six men 
furnished by Wethersfield, Conn., for the Pequot War. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from Capt. Henry Dow of Hampton, N. H., (1634- 
1707). 
Ensign, 1689. Capt. Hampton Military Co., 1692. Deputy, 1655-6. 
8th from William Hooke, ( 1654). 

Councillor. Deputy, 1643-47. Gov. of New Somersetshire, 1639. 
Representative from Salisbury, Mass. 

8th from Samuel Winsley of Salisbury, Mass., ( 1663). 

Deputy, 1642, 44, 45 and 53. Commissioner, 1652. 

7th from Capt. John Clark, ( 1677). 

Representative from Saybrook, Conn., 1651-1664. Commissioner, 
12 May, 1664. One of the grantees named in the Charter of Say- 
brook, 1662. 

7th from Sergt. Joseph Dow, (1639-1703). 
In Hampton Company. 



122 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

7th from Henry Green of Hampton, N. H., (1620-1700). 

Commissioner, 1689. Councillor, 1692-97. Chief Justice, 1697-8. 

6th from Sergt. Edward French, (1667-1737). 

Of Salisbury Train Band. 

6th from Isaac Green, Hampton, N. H., (1652-1716). 

Served in Hampton Company. 

6th from William Miller of Ipswich, Mass., ( 1690). 

Served against Indians, 1646. 

5th from Lieut. Joseph Webb, (1674-1740). 

Ensign of Train Band, Stamford, Conn., Oct., 1716. Lieut., 23 
May, 1721. 

5th. from Jacob Brown, (1691-1762). 

At Port William and Mary, Newcastle, 29 June to 30 July, 1708. 

5th from Benjamin Cram of Hampton, N. H., (1666 ). 

In garrison Fort William and Mary, Newcastle, 13-27 July, 1708. 
In Capt. John Oilman's Co., Aug., 1710. 

4th from Benjamin Cram of Hampton, N. H., (1716-1804). 

Probably enlisted in Capt. Prescott's Co., N. H. Regt., in Feb., 1745, 
and was at capture of Louisburg. 



EDWARD WELLS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 28. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2424. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Capt. Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown, Conn., (1624- 
1711). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Edward Wells of Burlington, Vt., born in Waterbury, Vt, 
30 October, 1835. 

son of 

William Wellington Wells, born in Waterbury, Vt., 28 Octo- 
ber, 1805, died in Waterbury, Vt., 9 April, 1869, and Eliza 
Carpenter, who was born in Waterbury, Vt., ii December, 
1810, died in Waterbury, Vt., 5 August, 1873. 

son of 

Roswell Wells, born in Greenfield, Mass., 9 September, 1769, 
died in Waterbury, Vt., 26 July, 1826, and Pamelia White, 
who was born 2 November, 1780, died 4 May, 1852, 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 123 

daughter of 

Daniel White, born 7 September, 1740, died 17 November, 
1815, and Sarah Goodrich, who was born 10 October, 1748, 
died 1837. 

son of 

WilHam White. 

son of 

Nathaniel White, Jr. 

son of 

Capt. Nathaniel White, Sr., born in England, 1624, died in 
Middletown, Conn., 2y August, 171 1. 

Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown, Conn., was Ensign, 11 May, 
1665. Commissioner of Plantations, 1669. In May, 1678, was ap- 
pointed Commissioner of the General Court. Deputy to the General 
Court from Middletown, Conn., 1678-82. Lieut., 1679. Capt, 1690- 
99. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Ensign Hugh Welles of Wethersfield, Conn., 
(1590-1645). 
In Conn. Militia. 

6th from Thomas Welles, (1620-1676). 
In King Philip's War. 



FREDERICK HOWARD WELLS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 24. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2420. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 

Capt. Nathaniel White, 'Sr., of Middletown, Conn., (1624- 

1711). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Frederick Howard Wells of Burlington, Vt., born in Water- 
bury, Vt., 27 September, 1851. 

son of 

William Wellington Wells, born in Waterbury, Vt, 28 
October, 1805, died in Waterbury, Vt., 9 April, 1869, and Eliza 
Carpenter, who was born in Waterbury, Vt., 11 December, 
1810, died in Waterbury, Vt., 5 August, 1873. 



124 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Roswell Wells, born in Greenfield, Mass., 9 September, 1769, 
died in Waterbury, Vt., 26 July, 1826. and Pamelia White, who 
who born 2 November, 1780, died 4 May, 1852. 

daughter of 

Daniel White, born 7 September, 1740, died 17 November, 
181 5, and Sarah Goodrich, who was born 10 October, 1748, 
died 1837. 

son of 

William White. 

son of 

Nathaniel White, Jr. 

son of 

Capt. Nathaniel White, Sr., born in England, 1624, died in 
Middletown, Conn., 2y August, 171 1. 

Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown, Conn., was Ensign, 11 May, 
1665. Commissioner of Plantations, 1669. In May, 1678, he was ap- 
pointed Commissioner of the General Court. Deputy to the General 
Court from Middletown, Conn., May, 1678-Oct., 1682. Lieut., 1679. 
Captain, 1690-99. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Ensign Hugh Welles of Wethersfield, Conn., 
(1590-1645). 
In Conn. Militia. 

6th from Thomas Welles, (1620-1676). 
In King Philip's War. 



FRANK RICHARDSON WELLS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 40. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2449. 

Admitted 16 March, 1898, in right of descent from Capt. 
Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown, Conn., (1624-1711). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Frank Richardson Wells of Burlington, Vt., born in Bur- 
lington, Vt., I February, 1871. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 125 

son of 

William Wells, Brig, and Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. V., born in 
Waterbury, Vt., 14 December, 1837, died in New York City, 29 
April, 1892, and Arahanna Richardson, who was born in Fitch- 
burg, Mass., 20 July, 1845, ^- 18 January, 1866, died in Bur- 
lington, Vt., 12 June, 1905. 

son of 

William Wellington Wells, born in Waterbury, Vt., 28 Octo- 
ber, 1805, died in Waterbury, Vt., 9 April, 1869, and Eliza 
Carpenter, who was born in Waterbury, Vt., 11 December, 
1810, died in Waterbury, Vt., 5 August, 1873. 

son of 

Roswell Wells, born in Greenfield, Mass., 9 September, 1769, 
died in Waterbury, Vt., 26 July, 1826, and Pamelia White, 
who was born 2 November, 1780, died 4 May, 1852. 

daughter of 

Daniel White, born 7 September, 1740, died 17 November, 
1815, and Sarah Goodrich, whO' was born 10 October, 1748, 
died 1837. 

son of 

William White. 

son of 

Nathaniel White, Jr. 

son of 

Capt. Nathaniel White, Sr., born in England, 1624, died in 
Middletown, Conn., 27 August, 171 1. 

Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown. Conn., was Ensign, 11 May, 
1665. Commissioner of Plantations, 1669. In May, 1668, was ap- 
pointed Commissioner of the General Court. Deputy to the General 
Court, 1678-82. Lieut, 1679. Captain, 1690-99. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

7th from Thomas Welles, (1620-1676). 

In Capt. William Turner's Company, Falls Fight. 

8th from Ensign Hugh Welles, (1590-1645). 

Abstract of Claim on Pile. 

Roswell Wells, father of Wm. Wellington Wells, was the 

son of 

Joseph Welles, (Wells), born in Deerfield, Mass., 8 October, 
1 73 1, died in Greenfield, Mass., 22 December, 1804. 



126 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Dr. Thomas Welles, born in Greenfield, Mass., 25 Septem- 
ber, 1693, died in Deerfield, Mass., 7 March, 1745. 

son of 

Ebenezer Welles, bom in Hadley, Mass., 4 July, 1668, died 
in Hatfield, Mass. 

son of 

Thomas Welles, born in Colchester, England, 1620, died in 
Hadley, Mass., 1676, and Mary Beardsley, who was born 1631, 
m. in Hartford, Conn., 1651, died in Hatfield, Mass., 1690. 

son of 

Ensign Hugh Welles, born in Essex County, England, about 
1590, died in Wethersfield, Conn., about 1645, ^"^ Frances 

, who was m. in England about 1619, and died in Hadley, 

Mass., 1678. 

Hugh Welles was an Ensign in the Conn. Militia. 



HENRY WELLS. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 25. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2421. 

Admitted 22 February, 1895, in right of descent from 
Capt. Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown, Conn., (1624- 
1711). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 
Henry Wells of Burlington, Vt., born in Waterbury, Vt., 
15 February, 1848. 

son of 

William Wellington Wells, born 28 October, 1805, died 9 
April, 1869, and Eliza Carpenter, who was born 11 December, 
1 810, died 5 August, 1873. 

son of 

Roswell Wells, born 9 September, 1769, died 26 July, 1826, 
and Pamelia White, who was born 2 November, 1780, died 4 
May, 1852. 

daughter of 

Daniel White, born 7 September, 1740, died 17 November, 
181 5, and Sarah Goodrich, who was born 10 October, 1748, 
died 1837. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 127 

son of 

William White. 

son of 

Nathaniel White, Jr. 

son of 

Capt. Nathaniel White, Sr., born in England, 1624, died in 
Middletown, Conn,, 27 August, 171 1, 

Nathaniel White, Sr., of Middletown, Conn., was Ensign, 11 May, 
1665. Commissioner of Plantations, 1669. Commissioner of the 
General Court, May, 1678. Deputy from Middletown, Conn., 1678- 
1682. Lieut., 1679. Captain, 1690-99. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 
See those of his brother, Edward Wells, State No. 28. 



CHARLES LINCOLN WOODBURY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 60. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3222. 

Admitted 13 March, 1901, in right of descent from John 
Woodbury of Salem, Mass., (1579-1641). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Lincoln Woodbury of Burlington, Vt., born in El- 
more, Vt., 6 September, 1865. 

son of 

Urban Andrian Woodbury of Burlington, Vt., born in 
Acworth, N. H., 11 July, 1838, and Paulina Darling, who was 
born in Morristown, Vt., 6 December, 1842, m. in Elmore, Vt., 
12 Feb. i860. 

son of 

Albert M. Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 7 August, 
1813, died in Elmore, Vt., January, 1888, and Lucy L. Wad- 
leigh, who was born in Bolton, P. Q., 12 March, 181 5, 
m. in Beverly, Mass., 1835, died in Burlington, Vt., i January, 
1892. 

son of 

Joseph Woodbury, born in Sterling, Mass., i May, 1778, 
died in Acworth, N. H., May, 1856, and Lavinia Webber, who 
was born 30 March, 1772, m. 10 Nov. 1799, died 1868. 



128 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Joseph Woodbury, born in Acworth, N. H., 21 September, 
1741, died in Beverly, Mass., 13 February, 1816, and Huldah 
Putnam, who was born 1745, m. 6 May, 1761, died 8 June, 
^773- 
son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 20 June, 1705, 
died in Beverly, Mass., 14 May, 1775, and Hannah Batchelder, 
who was born in Winham, Mass., i May, 1709, m. 10 March, 
1729. 

son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 12 December, 
1666, died in Beverly, Mass., 8 January, 1706, and Mary 
Dodge, who was born in Beverly, Mass., 12 April, 1675, m. 
18 November, 1692, died 20 November, 1763. 

son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 7 September, 1640, 
died 5 July, 1704, and Sarah Dodge (2nd wife), who was 
born 1644, m. July, 1667. 

son of 

John Woodbury, born 1579, died 1641, and Joanna Humph- 
reys, who was m. 21 June, 1596, and died 5 January, 1601. 

John Woodbury was first Envoy to England from Salem Colon- 
ists, 1627-28. Chosen Constable of Salem, Mass., 20 Sept., 1630. 
Deputy to the General Court of Mass., 1635, 37, 39. Selectman of 
Salem, 1637-41. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

See those of his father, Ex-Gov. Urban A. Woodbury, 
State No. 8. 



EDWARD PHILO WOODBURY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 61. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3223. 

Admitted 30 April, 1901, in right of descent from John 
Woodbury of Salem, Mass., (i 579-1641). 

Abstract of Claim- on File. 

Edward Philo Woodbury of Burlington, Vt., born in Bur- 
lington, Vt., 9 May, 1876. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 129 

son of 

Urban Andrain Woodbury of Burlington, Vt., born in Ac- 
worth, N. H., II July, 1838, and Paulina Darling, who was 
born in Morristown, Vt., 6 December, 1842, m. in Elmore, Vt., 
12 February, i860. 

son of 

Albert M. Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 7 August, 
1813, died in Elmore. Vt., January, 1888, and Lucy L. Wad- 
leigh, who was born in Bolton, P. Q., 12 March, m. 
in Beverly, Mass., 1835, died in Burlington, Vt., i January, 
1892. 

son^ of 

Joseph Woodbury, born in Sterling, Mass., i May, 1778, 
died in Acworth, N. H., May, 1856. and Lavinia Webber, who 
was born 30 March, 1772, m. 10 November, 1799, died 1868. 

son of 

Joseph Woodbury, born in Acworth, N. H., 21 September, 
1741, died in Beverly, jMass., 13 February, 1816, and Huldah 
Putnam, who was born 1745, m. 6 May, 1761, died 8 June, 
1773- 
son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 20 June, 1705, 
died in Beverly, Mass., 14 May, 1775, and Hannah Batchelder, 
who was born in Winham, Mass., i May, 1709, m. 10 Alarch, 
1729. 

son- of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 12 December, 
1666, died in Beverly, Mass., 8 January, 1706, and Mary 
Dodge, who was born in Beverly, Mass., 12 April, 1675, m. 
18 November, 1692, died 20 November, 1763. 

son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 7 September, 
1640, died 5 July, 1704, and Sarah Dodge, (2nd wife), who 
was born 1644, m. July, 1667. 

son of 

John Woodbury, born 1679, died 1641, and Joanna Humph- 
reys, who died 5 January, 1601, m. 21 June, 1596. 

John Woodbury was first Envoy to England from Salem Colon- 
ists, 1627-28. Chosen Constable of Salem, Mass., 20 Sept., 1630. Dep- 
uty to the General Court of Mass., 1635, 37, 39. Selectman of Salem, 
1637-41. 



130 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

See those of his father, Ex-Gov. Urban A. Woodbury, 
State No. 8. 



URBAN ANDRAIN WOODBURY. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 8. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 735. 

Admitted I2 November, 1894, in right of descent from 
John Woodbury, ( 1 579- 1 64 1 ) . 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Urban Andrain Woodbury, Ex--Gov. of Vermont, of Bur- 
lington, Vt., born in Acworth, N. H., 11 July, 1838. 

son of 

Albert M. Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 7 August, 
1813, died in Elmore, Vt., 28 January, 1888, and Lucy L. 
died in Acworth, N. H., May, 1856, and Lavinia Webber, who 
died in Burlington, Vt., i January, 1892. 

son- of 

Joseph Woodbury, born in Sterling, Mass., i May, 1778, 

Wadleigh, who was born in Bolton, P. Q., 12 March, 1815, 

was born 30 March, 1772, m. 10 November, 1799, died 1868. 

S071 of 

Joseph Woodbury, born in Acworth, N. H., 21 September, 
1 74 1, died in Beverly, Mass., 13 February, 1816, and Huldah 
Putnam, who was born 1745, m. 6 May, 1761, died 8 June, 
1773- 
son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 20 June, 1705, died 
in Beverly, Mass., 14 May, 1775. and Hannah Batchelder, who 
was born in Winham, Alass., i May, 1709, m. 19 March, 1829. 

son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 12 December, 
1666, died in Beverly, Mass., 8 January, 1706, and Mary 
Dodge, who was born in Beverly, Mass., 12 April, 1675, m. 
18 November, 1692, died 20 November, 1763. 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. 131 

son of 

Peter Woodbury, born in Beverly, Mass., 7 September, 1640, 
died 5 July, 1704, and Sarah Dodge (second wife), who was 
born 1644, m. July, 1667. 

son of 

John Woodbury, born 1579, died 1641, and Joanna Humph- 
reys, who was m. 21 June, 1596, died 5 January, 1601. 

John Woodbury was first Envoy to England from Salem Colon- 
ists, 1627-8. Chosen Constable of Salem, Mass., 20 Sept., 1630. Dep- 
uty to General Court of Mass., 1635, 37, 39. Selectman of Salem, 
1637-41. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from Maj. Gen. Thomas Dudley, (1576-1653). 

Gov. of Mass. Bay Colony, 1634, 1640, 1645, 1650. Dep. Gov., 1624- 
34, 37-40, 46-50, 51-53. Gov.'s Asst., 1635-36. Commissioner, 1643, 
et seq. Twice President of the United Colonies. Maj. General. 

7th from Simon Bradstreet, (1603-1697). 

First Sec. of Mass. Bay Colony. Asst. Commissioner of the United 
Colonies, 1643. Dep. Gov., 1672-79. Gov., 1676-86. 

6th from Ensign Samuel Tarbox, (1667-1715). 

In Capt. Joseph Gardner's 1st Co. of Salem, 1675-6. Sergt, 1689. 
Ensign. 

4th from Peter Woodbury of Marblehead, Mass., (1705- 

1775)- 

In French and Indian War, 1755. 

4th from Capt. John Porter of Wenham, Mass., (1717- 
1802). 
In French and Indian War, 1760-61. 



CHARLES AMASA WOOLSON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 70. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 3646. 

Admitted 11 August, 1904, in right of descent from 
Lieut. Phineas Upham of Maiden, Mass., (1635-1676). 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

Charles Amasa Woolson of Springfield, Vt., born in Spring- 
field, Vt., 12 January, 1870. 



132 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

son of 

Amasa Woolson, born in Grafton, Vt., 6 August, 1811, died 
in Springfield, Vt., 11 January, 1891, and Mary E. Baker, who 
was born in Manchester, Vt., 21 November, 1830, m. in Man- 
chester, Vt., I July, 1863, died in Springfield, Vt., 29 July, 
1902. 

son of 

Asa Woolson, born in Townsend, Mass., 4 February, 1767, 
died in Grafton, Vt., 22 September, 1856, and Ann Sargent, 
who was born 3 November, 1771, died in Springfield, Vt., 29 
November, 1857. 

son of 

Joseph Woolson, born in Watertown, Mass., 13 December, 
1699, died in Watertown, Mass., 3 November, 1766, and Eliza- 
beth Upham, who was born in 1695, m, in Maiden, Mass., 
March, 1726. 

daughter of 

Thomas Upham, born in Maiden, Mass., 1668, died in Read- 
ing, Mass., 26 November, 1735 and Elizabeth Hovey, who was 
born 18 January, 1672, m. in Topsfield, Mass., 1693, died 16 
February, 1703. 

son of 

Lieut. Phineas Upham, born in Weymouth, Mass., 1635, 
died in Boston, Mass., October, 1676, and Ruth Wood, who 
was m. in Maiden, Mass., 14 February, 1658. 

Phineas Upham was Lieut, of the 4th Co. Mass. Regiment, under 
Capt. Isaac Johnson, and was fatally wounded at the Great Swamp 
Fight. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM. 

5th from Thomas Woolson, father of Joseph Woolson. 

A member of Capt. Prentice's Co., serving in the 1st or Mt. Hope 
Campaign, 27 Aug., 1675. Also of Capt. Jonathan Poole's Co., 23 
Sept., 1676. 



GEORGE WORTHINGTON. 

STATE SOCIETY No. 36. NATIONAL SOCIETY No. 2432. 

Admitted 22 February, 1898, in right of descent from 
Capt. Elijah Worthington of Colchester, Conn., (1710- 
1764). 



ABSTRACTS OF CLAIMS OF MEMBERS. ' 133 

Abstract of Claim on File. 

George Worthington of Bennington Centre, Vt., born in 
Cleveland, Ohio, 8 August, 1854. 

son of 

George Worthington, born in Cooperstown, N. Y., 26 Sep- 
tember, 1813, died in Cleveland, Ohio, 9 November, 1871, and 
Maria Cushman Blackmer, who was born in Dorset, Vt., 14 
September, 181 7, died in Cleveland, Ohio, 18 November, 1902. 

son of 

Ralph Worthington, born in Colchester, Conn., 4 June, 1778, 
died in Cooperstown, N. Y., 9 September, 1828, and Clarissa 
Clark, who was born 27 May, 1784, died in Elmira, N. Y., 
20 December, 1871. 

son of 

John Worthington, born in Colchester, Conn., 17 February, 
1744, died 10 April, 1783, and Abigail Wright, who was born 
25 June, 1746, died 28 September, 1795. 

son of 

Capt. Elijah Worthington, born in Hartford, Conn., 16 June, 
1710, died in Colchester, Conn., 13 October, 1764, and Mary 
Welles, who was born in 17 16. 

Elijah Worthington was commissioned Captain of the 2nd or South 
Co. of Colchester, Conn., in May, 1755. Representative from Col- 
chester, Conn., 1757-62. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIMS. 

8th from Capt. Thomas Bull of Hartford, Conn., (1606- 
1684). 

Lieut, in Pequot Fight, 1637. Captain of Hartford Co. in defence 
of Saybrook, Conn., 1675. 

7th from Thomas Bunce of Hartford, Conn., ( 1683). 

In Pequot War, 1637. Was granted 110 acres of land for his good 
services. 



134 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 



IN MEMORIAM. 



HEMAN ALLEN WATERMAN, 
Died 5 August, 1896. 

JOHN ERASTUS HUBBARD, 
Died 17 July, 1899. 

JULIUS WILLIAM RUSSELL, 
Died 25 February, 1900. 

JAMES CLAY HOUGHTON, 
Died 4 March, 1902. 

JULIUS JACOB ESTEY, 
Died 7 March, 1902. 

HIRAM AUGUSTUS HUSE, 
Died 23 September, 1902. 

ROBERT JACKSON KIMBALL, 
Died 3 October, 1903. 

CHARLES DEWEY, 
Died 31 August, 1905. 




Hemax Ali.ex Watkkman. 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 135 

SKETCHES 

OF 

DECEASED MEMBERS 



HEMAN ALLEN WATERMAN. 

Died at Johnson, Vt., August 5, 1896. In his death his na- 
tive town lost one of its most respected, useful and prominent 
citizens. A descendant of a mixed Welsh and Scotch ancestry, 
his prudent habits and sterling character exhibited many of 
the best traits which distinguish those nationalities. Edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native town and county, he 
early began his successful business career, as a farmer, sur- 
veyor and operator in real estate. He was frequently called 
upon to act as trustee and referee, discharging every trust 
with that faithfulness and approval which gained the con- 
fidence of the public, and identified him as a leader in the 
business interests of his country. He was a trustee of the 
State Normal school at Johnson and always manifested an 
earnest and active interest in its welfare. He held repeatedly 
every office in the gift of his townsmen, and as a member of 
the State Legislature in 1878 he was appointed chairman of the 
General Committee. For several years he was U. S. Assist- 
ant Assessor and Deputy Collector, For over forty years he 
was a Free Mason and a Charter member and first Worshipful 
Master of the Waterman Lodge named in honor of his father, 
Thomas Waterman, who was a Captain in the militia that 
served in the battle of Plattsburg. He was also a member 
of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, by de- 
scent from his grandfather, Aruna Waterman, an extensive 



136 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

landowner in Johnson, an intimate associate of the Chitten- 
dens and for many years a representative from that town in 
the General Assembly. On the 22nd of February, 1895, he 
was admitted a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in 
the State of Vermont, in right of descent from Thomas Water- 
man, who was commissioned Ensign of the Connecticut Cav- 
alry, 7 December, 1708. In 1855, ^^- Waterman married 
Augusta L., daughter of Stephen Hoxie, an early settler of 
Milton, Vt., who with three children survives him. In his 
death not only his townsmen but also his many friends 
throughout the State sustain a loss which will not soon or 
easily be filled. 



JOHN ERASTUS HUBBARD. 

John Erastus Hubbard was born in Montpelier, Vermont, 
October 24th, 1847. He was the son of Erastus Hubbard and 
Arabella G. (Blake) Hubbard. His father was also a native of 
Montpelier, having been born there September 8, 181 1. His 
grandfather, Roger Hubbard, came from Connecticut in 1779, 
from which state came many of the early settlers of Vermont. 
It is not known at just what time he settled in Montpelier, but 
it was probably in 1798 or 1799; he was a merchant, shrewd 
and prosperous in business, and amassed for those days a very 
handsome property. About 1832, his son Erastus Hubbard 
succeeded to the business, and carried it on till 1848, when he 
was injured by an explosion of gun-powder, which injury so 
affected his eyes that before his death he became blind. He 
inherited the estate of his father, and soon after his injury re- 
tired from business, and thereafter devoted himself to the 
care of his estate. 

The life of John Erastus Hubbard might be called unevent- 
ful. He was educated at the public schools in Montpelier, and 
with the exception of three years, when he was engaged in 




JUII.N EkASTUS HlBBAKU. 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 137 

business at Boston, Mass., and one year spent in foreign 
travel, resided there continuously. He inherited the shrewd- 
ness, persistence and the business abilities of his ancestors, 
was energetic and resourceful, relying upon his own judg- 
ment once he had made up his mind, and only to be moved to 
change his judgment by a conviction that it was wrong. 

He was one of those men of whom it may be truthfully said, 
"His word was as good as his bond," of the highest integrity 
in all his dealings, lenient to those in distressed circumstances, 
stern and unyielding to those who shirked their responsibil- 
ities, he conducted his business on business principles, asking 
nothing for himself he was not willing to grant to others. 
The gradually failing eyesight of his father cast upon him the 
burden of looking after the business and property of his 
father's estate, and to this end he came to devote his whole 
time and attention till the death of his father in 1890. 

Mr. Hubbard inherited the bulk of his father's estate, and 
about the same time an aunt, Mrs. Fanny (Hubbard) Kellogg, 
a sister of his father, died in New York City, and her estate, 
through an informality in the will, descended to him. There 
was quite an amount of litigation before the matter was set- 
tled, as the Town of Montpelier claimed the estate of Mrs. 
Kellogg both under the will, and by virtue of an equitable 
contract between Mrs. Kellogg and her husband to devote 
their property to the benefit of said town. This litigation was 
compromised and settled, and as a result of the compromise, 
Mr. Hubbard bought the site and erected at a cost of about 
$70,000 the present beautiful public library building in Mont- 
pelier. In the erection of this library building, he expended 
more than double the amount he was obligated to do by the 
terms of the compromise. This compromise was the cause of 
much adverse criticism of Mr. Hubbard's actions. 

Through it all he carried himself with the strictest propriety, 
and no one during all the time heard a word of ill-will from 
him toward anyone. This controversy illustrates the per- 



138 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

sistency of his character in what he beUeved to be right. He 
beHeved he was right in seeking to obtain the estate of his 
aunt for himself, and no adverse criticism could stop him in 
this course any more that it could in changing his purpose of 
ultimately benefiting even those who criticised him. 

Mr, Hubbard had no fondness for society, and no desire for 
political preferment. He believed in progress in all things, 
and discharged his duties as a citizen in a conscientious way. 
His quiet, retiring manner was not calculated to attract 
people to him, and it was only those who came to be intimately 
associated with him, who could be said to know him for the 
man he really was. He was a studious man, well posted in 
general literature, with a love for scientific research, and es- 
pecially interested in architecture and building. He was a 
lover of nature, and withal a sportsman in the true sense of 
the word, and nothing delighted him more than his annual 
outing, when with friends and rod and gun, he laid aside the 
cares of business and in the forests of Maine or Canada sought 
recreation and health. 

After his father's death, his time was occupied in tlie 
management of his estate, and the care of his aged mother, 
and in the planning and building of the Kellogg-Hubbard 
Library, which stands as a memorial to his memory, and to the 
memory of those whose wealth made this gift to the citizens 
of his native town and city possible. 

Mr, Hubbard died on July 19th, 1899, in his fifty-second 
year of life. He was never married. His mother at the age 
of 84 survives him. His only sister, Lucy B. married Hon. 
B. F. Fifield and died a short time before him, leaving her 
husband and three daughters surviving her. Early in the 
spring of 1899, he began to show signs of failing and about 
six weeks before his death he took his bed, and gradually 
grew weaker till his decease. He knew his condition all the 
time, and he met death with the same courage and coolness 
that he met every trouble through life, and in the same quiet 




Julius Wii.i.iAii Russell. 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 139 

and thoughtful way. His public bequests to his native city 
amount to nearly $250,000 and are by far the largest ever 
made to it or to its institutions. His nature was kindly and 
sympathetic; he was generous and charitable to the faults of 
others and true and loyal in his friendships ; a good citizen, a 
kind and loving son and brother. He was buried in the family 
lot in Green Alount Cemetery, July 21, and his last resting 
place is marked by a bronze figure typical of one who, 

"Wraps the drapery of his couch about him 
And lies down to pleasant dreams." 

Mr. Hubbard became a member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in the State of Vermont in February, 1895, in right of 
descent, on his father's side, from George Hubbard, who was 
a Deputy to the General Court from Wethersfield, Milford and 
Guilford, Conn., from 1643 ^o ^^^r the close of his life; and 
from Lieut. William Spencer who was one of the original 
members of the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company," 
and was repeatedly a Deputy to the General Court of Massa- 
chusetts Bay and Hartford, Conn. On his mother's side he 
was the great-grandson of Nathan Blake, a soldier in Fort 
Keene, N. H., 1746, who was' kept a prisoner in Canada for 
two years, and subsequently was exchanged for a French 
officer. Mr. Hubbard held the office of Chancellor of the 
Society in 1897, and was a member of the Committee in 
1898-99. 



JULIUS WILLIAM RUSSELL. 

Judge Russell was born in Moira, N. Y., September i, 1846. 
He was the son of William P. and Lydia (Miner) Russell, who 
removed in his youth to Shelburne, Vt. Prepared for College 
at the Academies in Williston and Shelburne, he entered the 
Wesleyan University in September, 1864, where he remained 
two years, when he removed to Yale College and was gradu- 



140 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

ated in the Class of 1868. Returning to Vermont he was prin- 
cipal of the Hinesburgh Academy until December 1869, when 
he became a law student in the office of Hon. Wm. G. Shaw 
of Burlington, Vt. The following year he attended the Colum- 
bia Law School. In 1871 he studied in the law office of Hon. 
L. B. Englesby, until his admission to the Chittenden County 
Bar, in September, 1871. He held the offices of City Grand 
Juror from 1872-74 and 1891, City School Commissioner from 
1879 to 1885. State's Attorney of Chittenden County in 1883 
and 1884. City Attorney of Burlington from 1889 to 1891, 
and Justice of the Peace for twelve years. 

On April 2, 1894, he was appointed by Gov. Levi K. Fuller, 
Judge of the City Court of Burlington, and served most ac- 
ceptably in that office until his death. In the discharge of all 
of his public duties his sound judgment, legal ability, un- 
questioned integrity and kindness of heart were universally 
recognized. Modest and unaggressive by nature, the sincerity 
of his motives and high moral character won for him the con- 
fidence and respect of all with whom he had to do. Though 
never robust in physique, his simple, temperate and consistent 
habits of life largely contributed to his general good health 
and happy disposition, which so strongly attached him to his 
many friends, and when on February 25th, 1900, his wearied 
body yielded to an attack of typhoid fever, from which it was 
supposed he was recovering, his death came as a sudden 
shock to all who knew him. They felt that an upright, manly 
man universally respected, had passed away. 

Judge Russell was married Dec. 31, 1872, to Kate, daughter 
of Dr. Elmer and Emeline (Dudley) Beecher of Hinesburgh, 
Vt., who with three children, survives him. He was a member 
of the Washington Lodge of F. and A. M., of the Y. M. C. 
Association and of the Algonquin Club of Burlington, of which 
he was President when he died. On February 22, 1898, he 
was elected a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the 
State of Vermont, in right of descent from Thomas Miner of 




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SKETCHES OP DECEASED MEMBERS. 141 

Pequot, (New London), Conn., an ancestor on his mother's side. 
Thomas Miner was born in England in 1607, and emigrated to 
America in Gov. John Winthrop's Company in 1630. He was 
one of the founders of Pequot. In 1865 he was the chief mil- 
itary officer of the Train-Band at Mystic, Conn., a Captain in 
King PhiHp's War and frequently a Deputy to the General 
Court of Connecticut from 1650 to 1673. 

Only three days before his death Judge Russell was elected 
Registrar of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of 
Vermont. 

RESOLUTION. 

At the Seventh Annual Court of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in the State of Vermont, the following resolution, offered 
by Col, G. G. Benedict, was unanimously adopted: 

Resolved, — That in view of the departure from this life, 
since the last general court of this Society, of Judge Julius 
William Russell, we desire to place on record our high ap- 
preciation of his many virtues. He was faithful to every duty. 
He was a valuable citizen, a good lawyer, an efficient officer 
and an upright judge. He was what has been called *'the 
noblest work of God, an honest man," and as such and as a 
worthy member of this society, we will hold him in honored 
remembrance. 



JAMES CLAY HOUGHTON. 

Died in Naples, Italy, March 4, 1902, at the outset of a 
vacation devoted to a tour abroad in pursuit of rest and recu- 
peration, having sailed with a party of friends on the steamship 
"Commonwealth" from Boston on February 12th. The remains 
were brought back to this country and the members of the 
Council, Past Governors, and other officers and members of 
this Society attended the funeral at Montpelier in a body. At 
the meeting of the Society held March 12th, resolutions were 
adopted expressing the Society's deep sense of loss in his un- 



142 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

timely death, and appreciation of his work as a patriot, citizen 
and man. 

Mr. Houghton was born in Petersham, Worcester County, 
Mass., 2 September, 1841. His father, Rev. James C. Hough- 
ton, was a Congregational minister. His mother's maiden 
name was Julia Morton. The family removed to Chelsea, Vt., 
in 1857. Mr. Houghton fitted for college in the Academy at 
East Windsor Hill, Conn., and graduated from Amherst Col- 
lege in 1862, receiving the degree of A. B. After graduation, 
he studied law for two years, and was for a short time Deputy 
Clerk of Orange County, Vt., until he became the cashier of 
the Orange County National Bank at Chelsea. This posi- 
tion he held until 1871, when he moved to Montpelier to be- 
come the cashier of the First National Bank there. In 1874, 
he was elected a director of the National Life Insurance Co. 
of Vermont; in 1885 he became the Treasurer of that Com- 
pany, was elected its Vice-President in 1897, and President in 
January, 1901. For many years he was treasurer of the 
Montpelier Board of Public Instruction, and rendered efficient 
service to his city on that Board. He was often a delegate to 
County, District and State Republican Conventions, and in 
1886 he represented Montpelier in the legislature. Although 
a Congregationalist, Mr. Houghton attended Christ Protest- 
ant Episcopal Church in Montpelier, and was a member of 
Mt. Zion Commandery, Knights Templar. Besides being 
Governor of this Society, he was first Vice-President of the 
Vermont Historical Society, President of the Wood Art Gal- 
lery, a trustee of the Washington County Grammar School, 
and a director of the First National Bank of Montpelier. 

He married in 1869, Miss Grace R. Blackwell of Phila- 
delphia, Pa., who survives him, as do also their two children, 
Edward Rittenhouse Houghton of Cambridge, Mass., and 
Grace Morton Houghton of Montpelier. He is also survived 
by a brother, Joseph S. Houghton, of Stamford, Conn., and 
a sister, Julia M. Houghton of Montpelier. 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 143 

These particulars are from an obituary sketch of Mr. 

Houghton in the March, 1902, number of the "Vermonter" 

which says that "for a period of twenty-eight years he was in- 
timately and intluentially identified with the largest financial 
institution. in Vermont, the National Life Insurance Company, 
devoting to its work and progress the best part of his life, and 
all his energies ; that he was universally recognized as a broad- 
minded and public spirited citizen ; and that his essential char- 
acteristics were absolute honesty, a faculty of constant work, 
fidelity to every trust, and a certain charming personality, 
which, coupled with many acts of kindness, brought and held 
him the friendship of men." 

RESOLUTIONS. 
At a meeting of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars 
in the State of Vermont, called especially for the purpose, the 
following Resolutions were presented by Deputy Governor 
George Grenville Benedict and unanimously adopted by the 
Council : 

Resolved, That, as the Council of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in the State of Vermont, and in behalf of that 
Society, we express our deep sense of loss in the untimely 
death of our brother and Governor elect, James Clay 
Houghton, and our appreciation of his worth as a patriot and 
citizen and man. 

Mr. Houghton became a member of this society February 
22, 1895, and in succeeding years he held most of the highest 
offices in the gift of the Society, having been a member of the 
Committee on Membership in 1896, Registrar 1898-9, Delegate 
to the National Convention 1899, Lieutenant Governor 1900, 
Deputy Governor in 1901, and for three years 1898-01, a mem- 
ber of the Council. At the recent General Court, February 22, 
1902, he was unanimously elected Governor. He was then on 
the ocean on his way to Italy, and before the letter conveying 
the notification of his election and the best wishes of his com- 
patriots for his restoration to health could reach him, he had 
passed from earth. 

Mr. Houghton was a man of sterling character. He bore 
the burdens of important public and private trusts with marked 
ability and the highest fidelity. He rendered valuable service 
in many local and responsible offices. He fulfilled his duties as 
a citizen with constant and unselfish attention. In his private 



144 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

life he was all that was estimable and of good report, exempli- 
fying the character of a Christian gentleman, and winning by 
his unvarying courtesy and kindliness the esteem of all who 
were brought in contact with him in the various relations of 
life. 

Resolved, That we will hold the memory of our departed 
brother in affectionate remembrance; that we tender to his 
widow, his children and others on whom the blow of his death 
falls with heaviest force, our deep sympathy with them in their 
crushing loss; and that the Secretary be instructed to convey 
to Mrs. Houghton this expression of the sorrow and the 
mourning which we share with these most deeply bereaved by 
the death of our brother and friend. 

March nth, 1902. 



GENERAL JULIUS JACOB ESTEY. 

Died at his home in Brattleboro, Vermont, 7 March, 1902. 
His funeral was attended by- a great number of people. The 
remains were escorted by Co. I, ist Vermont regiment to the 
First Baptist Church in Brattleboro, and there lay in state. 
The State of Vermont was represented at the funeral by the 
Governor and other officials ; and friends and acquaintances 
came from all over the State and the whole country to pay 
their last tribute to his memory. 

He became a member of this society 22 February, 1895, was 
a member of its Council in 1896, and again in 1901, and was 
a delegate to the National Convention of 1899. At a meeting 
of the Society held March 12th, resolutions were adopted com- 
memorative of his nobility of character, and expressing the 
sorrow of the Society in the loss of a member so greatly re- 
spected and well beloved. 

He was born in Brattleboro, Vt., 8 January, 1845. He was 
the second child and only son of Deacon Jacob and Desdemona 
(Wood) Estey. His grandfather, Isaac Estey was engaged 
in the lumber business at Hinsdale, N. H., to which place he 
came from Sutton, Mass., when a young man. Gen. Estey's 




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SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 145 

father, Deacon Jacob Estey, one of the foremost men of Ver- 
mont, a man of high ideals in religion and personal life, and 
of great strength of character, and large business ability. He 
established at Brattleboro in 1846 the organ industry which his 
management, and that of his son, son-in-law, and grandsons 
has since developed into such very large proportions that the 
Estey organs are famous throughout the whole country and all 
over the world. 

Gen. Estey was educated in the public schools of Brattle- 
boro, and at Nor.wich University. In that institution, how- 
ever, he took only a partial course, leaving it to enter the em- 
ploy of his father in the manufacture of organs. He was first 
engaged in the office of the Chicago branch of the business. 
At the age of 21 he was admitted a partner in the firm of J. 
Estey & Co., together with, his brother-in-law, Levi K. Fuller, 
afterwards Governor of Vermont. Upon the organization of 
the business as the Estey Organ Company, Gen. Estey became 
its Treasurer, and held that position until the death of his 
father in 1891, and of Ex-Gov. Fuller in 1896, when he be- 
came the head of the Company, and associated with him in 
the business his two sons. Colonel Jacob Gray Estey, and Cap- 
tain Julius Harry Estey. 

In speaking of his business qualities the Windham County 

Reformer of 7 March, 1902, in a sketch of Gen. Estey's life, 

says : 

"It is one of the most attractive personalities in our local 
life, and one of the largest factors in those things that make 
for the betterment of community conditions that passes out 
from among us in Gen. Estey. He is the last of the trio of 
remarkable men, and remarkable too for the way they sup- 
plemented each other, that built up the Estey organ business to 
be the great industry of Brattleboro that has made the name 
familiar to the confines of civilization, and beyond, the world 
over. Deacon Estey was a veritable general in business, with 
a master hand for its large operations, as well as for careful 
control of its details ; Col. Fuller was a man of master con- 
ceptions for its extension and upbuilding, and for the mechan- 



146 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

ical and technical superiority that made its only safe basis ; 
while for the office and financial management, for the cement- 
ing of friendly relations and the inspiration of effort with the 
army of agents all over the world, the management of credit, 
and the laying of the plans that are so vital in such an estab- 
lishment, Gen. Estey, with his sound and conservative judg- 
ment, his fine and high sense of honor, and his kindly and 
social quality and his even poise of fairness and good temper, 
was remarkably well equipped for the rounding out of the 
business." 

The January, 1901, number of the "Vermonter," in a sketch 

of Ills life, says that on the business side of life Gen. Estey had 

"a large grasp of affairs, an acquaintance with men broadened 
by much travel such as few enjoy, and a natural tact in 
mingling with all sorts and conditions of men, while strictly 
maintaining his own individuality. No man of his time en- 
joyed to a greater extent the confidence of his own towns- 
men." 

While Gen. Estey's life was mainly devoted to the extension 
and development of the industry in the success of which he 
was so large a factor, he, at the same time took a keen interest 
in the social, religious, and political life of his town, county 
and state. He was a director of the People's National Bank of 
Brattleboro, and was president of that prosperous institution 
since 1886, a position which he filled with ability. He was for 
some years President of the Estey Piano Company of New 
York City. He was a director of the Estey Manufacturing 
Company of Owosso, Mich., makers of furniture, and a mem- 
ber of the Manufacturers' Association of Philadelphia, Pa. 

He represented the town of Brattleboro in the Legislature 
of 1876, and was State Senator from Windham County for the 
biennial term beginning in 1882. He was an active factor in 
the work of the Republican party of Vermont, and was one of 
the active men of the State in the work of the Republican 
National League. In 1888 he was a delegate at large from 
Vermont to the Republican National Convention, where, with 
Senator Proctor, he was one of the leaders in securing the 
nomination of President Harrison. It has been said that 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 147 

President Harrison so greatly appreciated his services that, in 
addition to his friendship, he would have honored him other- 
wise, but Gen. Estey would not accept an office. When the 
President subsequently visited Vermont he was Gen. Estey's 
guest at Brattleboro. 

Gen. Estey was President of the Vermont Society of Sons 
of the Revolution, and was active in promoting the mem- 
bership of that Society. He was a member of Columbian 
Lodge of Masons, and Beauseant Commandery Knights Tem- 
plar, and was Treasurer of the Vermont Valley Fair, one of 
the most successful of Vermont's agricultural institutions. 

Gen. Estey became interested in military affairs at an early 
age. In 1874 he organized the Estev Guard of Brattleboro, 
which was Co. I, in the ist Regiment Vermont National 
Guards, and was elected Captain of that Company. Two years 
later he was appointed to the military staff of Gov. Horace 
Fairbanks, with the rank of Colonel, and in 1881 was elected 
Lieutenant Colonel of the First Regiment Vermont National 
Guard, which position he held until he became Colonel of the 
regiment in 1886. 

In 1892 he was promoted to the command of the brigade, 

with the rank of brigadier-general, and this position he held 

until November, 1900. when, upon his own recommendation, 

the brigade organization was discontinued by the legislature. 

He did effective service in the organization of the militia. 

As stated in a newspaper publication at the time of his death, 

"to him more than to any one other man was due the uplifting 
of the morale of the Vermont National Guard, and the estab- 
lishment of a standard of sobriety in its conduct and purpose, 
in place of the old time way when much that was proper and 
more that was serious were sacrificed to pleasure and display." 

Of his military service the Burlington Free Press of 8 

March, 1902, said that "it was a matter of record that Gen. 

Estey had always commanded one of the finest and best dis- 
ciplined military bodies in the New England States, that he 
was considerate, polite and popular with his men, who loved 



148 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

and respected their leader as few similar organizations do, and 
that this was due as much perhaps to the strong Christian 
character of the man as to his soldierly qualities, for not the 
least portion of his life was exerted in active service for his 
church, where he always successfully endeavored to inspire 
higher and nobler work in the denomination to which he be- 
longed." 

Gen. Estey was one of the founders of the Young Men's 
Christian Association in Brattleboro; was elected President 
thereof in 1883, and filled that office until his death, engaging 
actively in its work and maintenance. He was also for years 
active in State gatherings of the Y. M. C. A., and was Chair- 
man of the State Executive Committee thereof. 

A member of the Baptist Church, he was always active 
and prominent in religious work, not only in his own town but 
also throughout the State and the whole country. As stated 
in the sketch of his life in the "Vermonter," "he gave himself 
without stint to the work of his denomination, and was known 
at home and abroad as an active and devoted exponent of 
religious life." He was President of the Baptist State Sunday 
School Association ; President of the Board of Managers of 
the Vermont Baptist State Convention; and a member of 
the executive committee of the American Baptist Missionary 
Union. From the first establishment of the Northfield Sem- 
inary by Mr. Moody, Gen. Estey was its treasurer. He was 
one of the dearest friends of the founder of that institution, 
one to whom he always turned in time of trouble, and one of 
the best supporters the school ever had. He was also greatly 
interested in the boys' school at Mount Hermon. He was a 
member of the Board of Trustees of that school, and was 
also treasurer of the Vermont Academy at Saxton's River, 
Among the other institutions to the support of which Gen, 
Estey and his father were always large contributors were the 
Shaw University for colored youth in North Carolina, the 
Chicago University, the Judson project, besides a multitude 
of Baptist churches built by them, and a constant stream of 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 149 

young men helped by them through college, and to an educa- 
tion for the ministry. 

In 1867, Gen. Estey married Miss Florence Gray, daughter 
of Dr. Henry Gray of Cambridgeport, N. Y. She survives 
him, as do also his two sons already mentioned. A 
third and younger son, Guy Carpenter Estey, died in 1897. 

The following tribute is from an issue of a Brattleboro 
newspaper at the time of his death : 

"The Phoenix has never carried to its readers news which 
will come as a burden of intimate personal sorrow to so many 
hearts in the home community as that which holds chief place 
in its columns today. Julius J. Estey was everybody's friend. 
This was not true of him simply in a perfunctory and stereo- 
typed way. His friendship was genuine and sincere. It 
knew no lines of class or rank. Before the world he bore 
an unblemished character. But the best tribute that can be 
paid to his memory is to say that to his most intimate asso- 
ciates — in the business office of the Estey Organ company, in 
his own home, to his own sons, he stood as a type of genuine 
Christian manhood. He was broad and generous by nature, 
and much travel and wide acquaintance with the world had 
broadened and deepened him without dulling any essential 
principle. He had his own convictions of right to guide his 
own personal life, but he never acted the censor upon the life 
of those about him. He was a man of piety, and it found 
expressions in his daily life. Outspoken and devoted in his 
own religious belief and connection, his religion found expres- 
sion oftener in deeds than in words. His abounding good 
nature and wide tolerance left no room for selfish meanness. 
Whatever else he was, Julius J. Estey was an honest, sincere, 
conscientious man. 

It was an impressive tribute which was paid to his mem- 
ory by the people of his own town, and by the large numbers 
who came from distant places to unite in the final expression 
of love and esteem. What made the occasion really impres- 
sive was the fact that this expression was so manifestly spon- 
taneous and heartfelt. Many Brattleboro friends who attended 
the services on Sunday evening, as well as the funeral on 
Monday, then came fully to realize for the first time how large 
and essential a factor General Estey had been in the broader 
activities of the religious denomination with which he was 
connected. We had known him as a living, outspoken expo- 
nent of religious life, active and unwearying in support of the 



160 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

work of his own church, of the Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation, and of many educational and philanthropic movements. 
But not all realized that in the world-wide missionary work of 
the Baptist denomination he was a leader — one of a tried 
and chosen few who are not only looked to for counsel and for 
material help, but who take a laboring oar and give them- 
selves heart and soul to a cause in which they devoutly believe. 
"He was easily one of a half dozen of the ablest, best known 
and most active laymen of the Baptist denomination the coun- 
try over," was Dr. Mabie's final estimate in his address Sunday 
evening. 

It was natural that those who gave addresses Monday 
afternoon should place the main emphasis on this side of 
General Estey's life and character. But there were in the 
pews a body of laymen. General Estey's comrades from all 
parts of Vermont, who could have spoken with equal earn- 
estness, and enthusiasm of what he was as a man on the every- 
day side of life; as a man among men, a friend and com- 
panion, an all-round good citizen ; of his long and zealous 
and inspiring service in the National Guard, giving himself 
heart and soul to the elevation of the service in the morale 
of the men, and for its efficiency in the field ; of his services 
for the Republican party, and his high standing with its lead- 
ers ; of service rendered his state in many ways, notably as 
a trustee of the Soldier's Home at Bennington, as the presi- 
dent of the Vermont Society of Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, and in many minor capacities. If some of them had 
said what was in their hearts, they would have spoken most 
of all of his hearty good fellowship, and of his enjoyment of 
the distinctly human side of life. 

Much might be added, but to the Brattleboro community, 
speaking out of the heart of a universal friendship, it is all 
summed up in Hamlet's immortal characterization of his dead 
father, the King of Denmark : — 

"He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon 
his like again." 

RESOLUTIONS. 

At a special meeting of the Council of the Society of Colo- 
nial Wars in the State of Vermont, March nth, 1902, the fol- 
lowing resolutions were presented by Gen, T. S. Peck and 
unanimously adopted by the Council : 




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SKETCHES OP DECEASED MEMBERS. 151 

Resolved, That as members of the Council of the Society of 
Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont, we desire to place on 
record an expression of our respect for the memory of our 
departed compatriot, Julius Jacob Estey, and a tribute to his 
noble character and unblemished record. 

General Estey was for seven years a faithful member of 
this Society. He joined it Feb. 22nd, 1895 ; was a member 
of its Council in 1896, and again in 1901 ; and was a delegate 
to the National Convention of 1899. As a leading citizen of 
our State, prominent alike in civil, military and business life ; 
as a manufacturer, banker, legislator and officer of the 
National Guard, in which he held the highest rank ; as a friend 
and supporter of education, religion, and all good interests, 
and as a working member of many worthy enterprises in his 
town and church and state. Gen. Estey furnished an 
example of a patriotic, public-spirited, conscientious and high- 
minded citizen and gentleman. The death of such a man, in 
the height of his usefulness, is a heavy loss to our Society and 
to the community at large. 

Resolved, That we commend the widow, sons and sister 
of Gen. Estey to the care of Him who orders all human 
events in infinite kindness to His children, and request them 
to accept this imperfect testimonial of our regard for our 
brother, who has left us for a better home, and of our sym- 
pathy with all who mourn his loss. 

Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to send a copy 
of these resolutions to Mrs. Estey. 



HIRAM AUGUSTUS HUSE. 

Hon. Hiram Augustus Huse of Montpelier, State Libra- 
rian, died in Westminster, Vt., Sept. 23, 1902. 

In 1900 he was Chancellor of this Society and in 1902, 
and at the time of his death, he was one of the Committee on 
Historical Documents. 

He was born in Randolph, Vt., 17 January, 1843, and was 
the son of Hiram Sylvester and Emily Morgan (Blodgett) 
Huse. When he was two years old his parents removed to 
Wisconsin, and he attended the public schools there, and 
Willard's Seminary at Watertown, Wis., and Dixon, 111. He 



152 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

taught school for a short time in the west, and then came to 
Randolph in i860 to fit for college in the Orange County 
Grammar School. After fitting for college he again taught 
school, and was assistant to Edward Conant in the State Nor- 
mal School. 

He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1865, and at the 
Albany Law School in 1867, and was admitted to the New 
York bar at Albany. He removed to Montpelier in 1872, and 
began the practice of law there at that time, and was also 
editorial writer on the Green Mountain Freeman for about 
ten years. In 1882 he was elected State's Attorney. In 1883 
he formed a law partnership with Clarence H. Pitkin and the 
law firm of Pitkin & Huse continued until 1890. He was a 
prominent member of the Vermont Bar Association, — in 1889 
and 1890 was one of tlie Managers thereof, — and from 1891 
to 1893, inclusive, he was a member of the Vermont Bar 
Association's Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform. 

At the expiration of Gov. Dillingham's term as Governor 
of Vermont in 1890, Mr. Huse formed a law partnership with 
him under the firm name of Dillingham & Huse ; and when 
Fred. A. Howland was admitted to the partership in 1892, the 
firm became Dillingham, Huse & Howland. Mr. Huse was 
counsel for the Langdon and the Hubbard Estate, and the 
National Life Insurance Company. 

During the War of the Rebellion he served as a private 
in Co. F, 1 2th Vermont Vounteers, enlisting during his col- 
lege course, 19 Aug., 1862, and serving until his regiment was 
mustered out, 14 July, 1863. 

He married in Randolph, January 30th, 1872, Harriet Olivia 
Woodbury, daughter of Melzar and Eunice Harriet (Smith) 
Woodbury. Two children were born to them, viz. : a daughter, 
Harriet Emily Huse, who became the wife of the late Post- 
master C. C. Bancroft, and a son, Ray Woodbury Huse. 

From 1873 until his death, Mr. Huse was State Librarian, 
and he represented Montpelier in the Legislature in 1878. 




ROBKRT jAfKSOX Kl.M15ALL. 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 153 

He was Director of the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 
one of the founders of the Montpelier Board of Trade, a 
Trustee of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, a Director of 
Heaton Hospital, a member of the Apollo Club, for many 
years a member of the school board, and also for many years 
a justice of the peace. He was a member of Brooks Post, 
Grand Army of the Republic, Aurora Lodge of Masons, and 
the Sons of the American Revolution. 

In announcing his death, the periodicals of the State men- 
tioned his extensive personal acquaintance throughout Ver- 
mont, the high esteem in which he was held by the people of 
the State, the patriotism he had demonstrated by gallant 
service in the War for the Union, his faithfulness and effi- 
ciency in public service and positions of trust, his loyalty to 
the State and to his friendships, and the example of good 
citizenship and leadership of public opinion afforded by his 
life. 



ROBERT JACKSON KIMBALL. 

Died suddenly, from an attack of heart trouble, at his 
winter home in Brooklyn, N. Y., to which he had returned 
only the day before, with his family, from his residence in 
Randolph, Vt. 

The news of his death brought universal sorrow to his 
fellow townsmen. The flag on the "Kimball Public Library," 
his gift to his native town in 1901, was lowered to half-mast 
and his portrait and the front of the building was draped with 
mourning and closed on the day of his funeral in Brooklyn. 

Col. Kimball was born in Randolph, Vt., 16 February, 1836. 
He was a descendant from Richard Kimball of Ipswich, 
Conn., who came to this country from Ipswich, England, in 
1634, and was an ancestor of Daniel Webster, the statesman. 
In the Revolutionary War, Col. Kimball's great-grandfather, 



154 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Capt. John Kimball, took part, and his grandfather, Richard 
Kimball, served in the 3rd Conn. Regiment under Col. S. B. 
Webb, and removed from Pomfret, Conn., to Randolph about 
1795. His father, Hiram Kimball, was a life-long and 
honored citizen of that village. For more than a hundred 
years the family home in Randolph has been maintained by 
the Kimballs, father, son and grandson. Col. Kimball's 
mother's maiden name was Jerusha Bradish, and his Colonial 
ancestor, whose name appears in the registry of this Society, 
was Robert Bradish, a scout in the French and Indian War. 
He was one of the Charter members, 1894, of the Society of 
Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont. In 1896, he was 
Deputy Secretary. In 1894- 1895, 1^97 ^^^ 1898, he was one 
of the Gentlemen of the Council, and from 1899-1902, he was 
a delegate to the General Assembly of the National Society. 
Educated in the public schools and Academy of West Ran- 
dolph, he began his successful and honorable business life as 
a railroad newsboy, and then telegraph operator in Randolph, 
Rouses Point, St. Lamberts, and Montreal. From 1855-1858, 
he was in the employ of the National Express Co. at Burling- 
ton, Vt. During this period he was one of the organizers of 
the Ethan Allen Engine Co. in that town, and was its first 
clerk and treasurer. In this organization he ever afterwards 
took great interest. In 1862, he entered a banking house 
in Toronto, Canada, and also held the position of U. S. Con- 
sular agent. While in the discharge of his consular duties 
he was instrumental in the arrest of Col. Robert C. Kennedy, 
who was chief of a number of Confederate refugees who 
were plotting to burn the City of New York. Col. Kennedy 
was subsequently tried, convicted and hung as a spy. In 
1865, Col. Kimball removed to New York City and established 
the banking house of R. J. Kimball & Co., which still con- 
tinues. In the panic of 1872, this firm was compelled to settle 
with its creditors for twenty-five cents on the dollar, but 
although by so doing, a full discharge of all obligations was 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 155 

obtained, nine years later, after having retrieved his fortunes, 
Col. Kimball not only repaid the balance of the firm's indebted- 
ness but also the interest on the amount for the entire period, 
an act characteristic of his uncompromising honesty. In 
1887, he erected his beautiful house in Randolph, and became 
again a citizen of Vermont. He was an aide-de-camp on Gov. 
Dillingham's staff, in 1888, 1889, and a representative from 
the town of Randolph in 1 890-1 891, serving on the Commit- 
tees of Ways and Means, Banks and the special joint commit- 
tee on the World's Columbian Exposition. In 1893, he was 
appointed by Gov. Fuller to represent Vermont at the Bankers' 
Congress in Chicago. He was a member of the N. Y. Stock 
Exchange since 1867, the N. Y. Produce Exchange and 
Chamber of Commerce, and held seats in the Philadelphia 
and Chicago Exchanges. He was a Trustee of the Peoples' 
Trust Co. of Brooklyn, N. Y., of the District Telegraph Co., 
a Director of the Iowa Central Railway Co., of which he was 
President in 1899, 1900. He was also a Trustee and generous 
friend of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, in Brooklyn, of the 
Pratt Institute, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
and of the State Normal School at Randolph, In 1899, he 
was elected one of the Trustees of the University of Vermont, 
a position he held at the time of his death. To this Univer- 
sity and to Amherst College he gave free scholarships. He 
was one of the organizers of the Brooklyn Society of Ver- 
monters, of which he was Secretary and President. He was 
a member of the Vermont Society of the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, and in 1897, its President, and also of several 
leading Clubs in Greater New York. 

In numberless ways he manifested his loyalty to his native 
state. During the Spanish-American War he contributed 
largely to the relief of the soldiers in camp, besides offering 
to equip a Company from Randolph, an offer which Gov. 
Grout was compelled to decline as the State quota had been 
filled. 



156 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

In 1863, he married Martha L., daughter of Charles A. 
INIorse, of Toronto, Canada, who with three children sur- 
vives him. 

Col. Kimball was a man of upright life, always kind and 
generous ; most highly esteemed for his many estimable qual- 
ities as a man of affairs, an exemplary citizen, a true and 
appreciative friend. At all times ready to encourage and 
support every worthy enterprise. In his death, Vermont 
lost one of her best and noblest citizens, one for whose tm- 
selfish . and uncalculating nobility of soul, and wisdom in 
counsel, she had most to expect, one to whom an appeal was 
never disappointed, and many a struggling youth found a 
rough path smoothed by a man in whose hand great wealth 
was only a means for doing good. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

At a meeting of the Council of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in the State of Vermont, held in the hall of the society, 
October 19, 1903, the following resolutions were adopted: 

Resolved, That this society desires to place upon record its 
appreciation of the worth, and its sorrow at the loss, of our 
brother member, Robert Jackson Kimball. 

Colonel Kimball traced his descent from Robert Bradish, 
a soldier of the French and Indian War, and from an ancestor 
of his family name who came to America from England in 1634. 
His great grandfather, John Kimball, was a captain in the Con- 
tinental army, and his grandfather, Richard Kimball, was also a 
soldier of the Revolution, and one of the pioneers of the town 
of Randolph, Vermont, of which our brother became one of 
the chief benefactors and most prominent citizens. He was 
one of the charter members of this society. He held the ofifices 
of deputy secretary, 1896, and member of the council, 1897- 
'99, and an appointment as delegate to the general assembly 
of the national society. As a banker and man of business, 
as a member of the Legislature, as an aid on the governor's 
staff, as a trustee of our State university, as a giver of gener- 
ous benefactions to his town, and in other notable ways, he 
showed unswerving loyalty to his native State, and his cordial 
interest in its welfare. He held various offices of trust in his 




Chaklks Dewey. 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 157 

city home in Brooklyn, N. Y., and filled them with wise fidelity. 
In the private circle of his home he was an embodiment of 
kindness and thoughtful and affectionate care. In his sudden 
departure from earth we mourn the loss of a worthy compat- 
riot, a Christian gentleman, and a valued citizen, and as such 
we will hold him in honored remembrance. 

Resolved, That we tender to his widow and children our 
sincerest sympathy with them in their sore affliction, and that 
the secretary be instructed to convey to them this expression 
of the sorrow which we share with them. 



HON. CHARLES DEWEY. 

Hon. Charles Dewey died in Montpelier, Vermont, August 
31st, 1905. 

He was elected a member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in the State of Vermont, at the second meeting 
held by the Society, on February 22nd, 1895. He was 
one of the Committee appointed at that time to represent 
the Society at the dedication of the Chittenden monument 
in Williston. On Feb. 22nd, 1896, he was elected one of the 
Gentlemen of the Council. On Feb. 22nd, 1897, he was 
elected Lieutenant-Governor of the Society ; on Feb. 22nd, 

1898, he was elected Deputy Governor; and on Feb. 22nd, 

1899, he was elected Governor. From Feb. 22nd, 1900, until 
Feb, 22nd, 1903, he was one of the Gentlemen of the Coun- 
cil, and from Feb. 22nd, 1900, until the time of his death, 
he was a member of the Committee on Historical Documents. 
He was also a member of the Vermont Society of the Sons 
of the American Revolution. 

He was ninth in descent from Thomas Dewey, the first of 
the name in this country, and who in 1633 came from Sand- 
wich, Kent, England, to Dorchester, Mass., removed in 1638 
to Windsor, Conn., and was a Deputy to the General Court 
of Connecticut. Seventh from Capt. Samuel Talcott of Deer- 
field, Mass., a Deputy and Governor's Assistant in Conn., 



158 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

and eighth from Maj. John Talcott, Commander-in-chief of 
the Colony of Conn., Treasurer and Governor's Assistant, and 
Commissioner for the United Colonies. 

Mr. Charles Dewey was also descended from William Pyn- 
chon, founder and Governor of Springfield, Mass., for 
several years treasurer of the Colony of Massachusetts, and 
one of the Commissioners to govern Connecticut. 

Mr. Dewey was born in Montpelier, March 27th, 1826. 
He was the eldest son of Dr. Julius Y. Dewey, for many years 
a practising physician in Montpelier, and the first President 
of the National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont. 

Mr. Charles Dewey prepared for college in the Washing- 
ton County Grammar School in Montpelier, and graduated 
from the University of Vermont in the class of 1845. Im- 
mediately after graduation he was appointed Assistant Secre- 
tary of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 
January, 1850, he became its Secretary, and served as Secre- 
tary until 1871, and as a Director for thirty years. In Jan- 
uary, 1 85 1, he was elected a Director of the National Life 
Insurance Co. ; in 1871, was chosen Vice-President thereof, 
and was its President from 1877 until his retirement from 
active business in 1901. 

He was elected a Director of the First National Bank of 
Montpelier at its organization in 1865, was Vice-President 
thereof from 1878 to 1891, and its President since 1891, 

He was for many years Director, Vice-President and later 
President of the Lane Manufacturing Company, the chief 
industry of Montpelier. 

For more than fifty years Mr. Dewey was a vestryman 
in Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier. For six years he 
was Junior Warden, and for twenty-three years until his 
death. Senior Warden. He often represented that church in 
diocesan conventions, and in 1886, was a delegate from Ver- 
mont to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church held in Philadelphia. For more than forty-five years 



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he was a member of the Board of Agents for the Society for 
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and for 
several years, Trustee and Vice-President of the Board of 
Trustees of the Episcopal Fund, and Chairman of the Invest- 
ment Committee. 

He served as a Trustee of the Washington County Gram- 
mar School since 1864, and was President of the Board of 
Trustees since 1877. ^^^r two successive years he was Presi- 
dent of the Alumni Association of the University of Vermont. 

He was three times elected a State Senator for Washing- 
ton County, viz. : in 1867, 1868 and 1869. He was appointed 
by the Governor, Inspector of Finance and Savings Bank 
Examiner in 1882 and 1883, but declined a re-appointment. 
In 1895, he was Chairman of the United States Commission 
to locate the United States Post Office and Court House in 
Montpelier. 

Mr. Dewey married May 3rd, 1848, Miss Betsy Tarbox of 
Randolph, Vt., who survived him with eight children, viz. : 
Frances I., wife of Henry E. Fifield of Montpelier, William T. 
Dewey, Treasurer of the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 
Jennie D., wife of Edward T. Blackwell, of Brandon, Vt., 
George P. Dewey, Manager of the National Life Insurance 
Co., at Portland, Me., Gertrude M., wife of Frederick J. McCuen 
of Montpelier, Miss Mary G. Dewey of Montpelier, Mrs. Kate 
D. Squires and Robert Dewey of New York City. Their 
second daughter, Ella A., wife of Carroll P. Pitkin, died in 
1879. Mr, Dewey was also survived by one brother, Admi- 
ral George Dewey, of Washington, D. C, and by one sister, 
Mrs. Mary P. Greeley of Montpelier. 

In a brief memorial to Mr. Dewey, published at the time of 

his death, the National Life Insurance Company attested his 

valuable service in these words : 

"To the list of eminent men who truly sought and achieved 
the best well-being of this company is added the name of 
Charles Dewey. The records of this office attest the long 



160 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

faithful and most useful service to the Company by this offi- 
cer, director and policy holder, but they cannot and do not 
declare the characteristics which made his direction of affairs 
and his management a source of pleasure to his associates, 
and thus of service to the Company whose work he did so 
long. In carriage a gentleman of the old school, in conduct 
always a model of perfect urbanity, in address wholly gra- 
cious, in reference to the opinions of others strictly kind, in 
habits perfect, in discharge of personal obligations prompt 
and exact, in affection for home and home things absolutely 
loyal, in his regard of associates secure, and in his constant 
discharge of all duties, whether of large trust or routine, 
sincere and true. Such was Mr. Dewey as we knew him." 

In a sketch of his life the principal Montpelier periodical 
said of him : 

"Of a strong nature, his life could not help but have a 
marked influence. As husband and father, the 57 years dur- 
ing which Mr. and Mrs. Dewey have shared the joys and 
sorrows of life in an ever growing devotion to each other, 
the veritable love feast that has always marked the return 
of the sons and daughters to the home roof, these tell the story 
of an ideal home life. 

As a citizen of Montpelier, ]\Ir. Dewey's influence had 
always been for that which was best. In everything affect- 
ing the welfare of the community his interest had been keen 
and in all important matters his advice and help had been 
sought and never denied. His keen business instincts and 
his judicious mind made him an invaluable citizen. Every 
Sunday found him in his pew at Christ Church, unless he 
were unavoidably detained, and the Christianity that his 
attendance and membership of the church implied was exem- 
plified in every act of his life during all the days of the week. 

The offices of responsibility and trust that he has held in 
the state government bear witness to the fact that the sterling 
worth of Mr. Dewey had become a matter of knowledge out- 
side the borders of his home community. But the deceased 
became known far outside the borders of Vermont, through 
his prominence in the Episcopal Church and his connection 
with the National Life Insurance Company. As far as his 
name is known, his life and memory are universally respected." 



SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 161 

RESOLUTIONS. 

At a meeting of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars 
in the State of Vermont, held February 22, 1906, the follow- 
ing resolutions, reported by a committee consisting of George 
Grenville Benedict, Charles Edwin Allen, and Theodore Saf- 
ford Peck, were presented and unanimously adopted : 

Resolved, That in view of the death of Charles Dewey, this 
Society desires to testify its appreciation of his worthy life 
and to express its sorrow for his death. 

Tracing his descent from men who were especially dis- 
tinguished among the pioneers of our country, the life and 
character of Mr. Dewey were worthy of his ancestry. 

Mr. Dewey was elected a member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in the State of Vermont, February 22, 1895. In 1896 
and in 1900-1903, he was one of the Gentlemen of the Coun- 
cil. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of the Society in 
1897, Deputy Governor in 1898, and Governor in 1899, and at 
the time of his death he was a member of the Committee on 
Historical Documents. He was a graduate of the University 
of Vermont, and for two 5'ears, 1893- 1894, was President of 
its Associate Alumni. Trained in the exact school of Life 
Insurance, he rose to the office of President of the National 
Life Insurance Company, of Montpelier, Vt., which position 
he held for twenty-four years. 

Frequently called to discharge duties of responsibility in 
business, in State and Church, his great heart and gracious 
manner, his personal interest, faithfulness, and integrity, 
gained and kept the love, respect, and confidence of all who 
knew him. An affectionate husband and father, a loyal friend, 
a successful business man, a valued and influential citizen, a 
Christian gentleman, we honor his memory and mourn his 
loss. 

Resolved, That we extend to his widow and family our sin- 
cere sympathy. 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to them 
and be entered upon the records of this Society. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Governor General FREDERIC J. de PEYSTER. 

Died at Lakewood, N. J., on May 11, 1905. His death was 
sudden and occurred soon after the meeting of the Triennial 



162 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Assembly of the General Society of Colonial Wars, on May 3, 
at which he presided. 

At a meeting of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars 
in the State of Vermont, called for the purpose. May 20, 1905, 
the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : 

Resolutions of respect to the memory of Frederic J. de 
Peyster, Governor General of the General Society of Colonial 
Wars: 

Resolved, That in the recent sudden death of its first and 
only Governor General, Frederic J. de Peyster, the General 
Society of Colonial W^ars and its component Societies, have 
suffered an irreparable loss. 

Descendant of one of the oldest Dutch families on this 
side of the Atlantic, member of a family line which has given to 
the country many distinguished jurists, soldiers, financiers, 
and men of letters, himself an able lawyer and scholar, inter- 
ested in education, art, science, and civic affairs — officer and 
member of many charitable, benevolent, and learned societies, 
he graced every office and station in which he was placed. 
His care for the interests of the Society of Colonial Wars, 
and the efficiency, courtesy, and genial humor with which 
he presided over its General Assemblies and Councils, won 
for him the respect and esteem of all its members. In his 
departure from earth, we mourn the loss of a valued officer 
of the Society, a worthy fellow-member, a high minded citi- 
zen, and a true gentleman. 

Resolved, That this expression of our sorrow and respect 
be spread upon the records of the Society of Colonial Wars 
in the State of Vermont, and that the Governor thereof be 
instructed to forward a copy of the same to the Vice Gov- 
ernor General, and a copy to the family of the deceased, with 
an assurance of our respectful sympathy with them in their 
heavy loss. 

Daniel Webster Robinson, Governor. 
Byron Nathaniel Clark, Secretary. 



HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 163 



WARS 



ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. 



AN ADDRE:SS before THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE 
STATE OF VERMONT, AT ITS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, FEBRUARY 
22, 1895, 

By Hon. George Grenville Benedict. 

After some introductory remarks, emphasizing the import- 
ance and vakie of the patriotic societies organized since the 
Civil War, which cut across the Hnes of division between 
North and South that culminated in that mighty struggle, 
and which serve to swell the chorus of the restored Union by 
recalling the earlier times and events in which Northerners 
and Southerners fought side by side, and all were American 
patriots, the speaker said: 

Another and far abler speaker than myself was, as some of you 
know, selected to address us on this occasion. Drafted suddenly and 
with only hasty preparation to rattle around in his place, it has 
occurred to me that at our first meeting, and as introductory to the 
interesting addresses which we may e.xpect at future meetings, it 
might not be amiss to remind ourselves just what the "colonial wars," 
which our society commemorates were. If we knew, as I suppose 
all of us did in our schoolboj^ days, something about them, the facts 
may have become a little misty in our minds, and it will do us no harm 
to recall them, in a necessarily condensed and partial review. I shall 
confine such a reminding to the wars of the English colonies and to 
brief mention of only the more important events in them. 

The first wars of the colonies, of course, were wars with the 
Indians. Previous to the opening of the 17th century, no English 
colony had been permanently planted on American soil. Several 
attempts to establish a footing on the shores of North Carolina and 
Virginia had failed. One colony, on Roanoke Island, N. C, was so 
absolutely wiped out by the Indians, that an expedition sent out by 
Sir Walter Raleigh to reinforce it found no soul surviving and no 
trace of the settlement except a name carved on a tree. When the 
first permanent English colony was founded at Jamestown, Va., in 
1607, it is supposed that there were about 200,000 Indians in the 
region east of the Mississippi. They were most numerous in the 



164 SOCIETY OP COLONIAL WARS 

eastern half of this region where various warlike and powerful tribes 
possessed the land. Though sometimes friendly for a time, the red 
men seemed to have a foreboding of the fate which awaited their 
race at the hands of the white intruders, and generally looked with 
jealousy and alarm on their growing numbers. In the year 1622, 
under the lead of Opecancanough, chief of the Pamunky tribe, the 
Indians in Virginia suddenly and by concerted attacks fell upon the 
outlying settlements which extended from Chesapeake Bay back to 
the falls of the James River along a line of 150 miles. They burned 
these settlements and massacred 347 persons, including six members 
of the governor's council. They probably supposed that they would 
thus terrify all the colonists into an abandonment of their domain; 
but they mistook the spirit and resources of the settlers. These now 
numbered over 1,000 able bodied men who rallied, attacked the 
Indians at various points, slew many in successive fights, massacred 
their prisoners, braves, squaws and children alike, as mercilessly as 
the savages had massacred the whites, and drove the survivors back 
north of the Potomac. This substantially ended the Indian war in 
that quarter. 

In 1620 — two years before this, as we all remember — the Pilgrim 
Fathers landed at Plymouth. The Indians thereabouts had been 
almost exterminated by a pestilence which raged among them four 
years previous and were too feeble to resist the coming of the 
strangers. In 15 years the Massachusetts colonies became strong 
enough to push out parties of emigrants, who made settlements at 
Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield, Connecticut. The settlers soon 
came into collision with the Pequot Indians who occupied that region. 
After the latter had murdered a number of the scattered settlers the 
colonists decided to make an end of the business. They had less 
than 200 able-bodied men, while the Pequots numbered 800 warriors. 
The latter had a stronghold on the Thames river, in the present town 
of Groton, near New London. It was on a hill, upon the top of 
which a circle of palisades surrounded many wigwams which sheltered 
the warriors and their families. 

On the 4th of June, 1637, ^ party of 90 colonists under Capt. 
John Mason, attacked this fort. Its defenders outnumbered them 
four or five to one; but, as in all these Indian wars, it was the sturdy 
English pluck against the spasmodic spirit of the savage, the match- 
lock against the bow and arrow, the broadsword against the toma- 
hawk, and the result was not doubtful. In this, as in many other 
fights, the white men adopted Indian methods in a measure. They 
made their attack just before daybreak, when the warriors were 
asleep. A firebrand thrown upon a bark wigwam kindled a blaze, 
which, fanned by a strong wind, swept like a prairie fire through the 
bark village. The braves were shot down, man by man, as they 
sprang out into the fire light. Their defences served only to shelter 
the assailants and hem in the Pequots. In an hour over 600 Indian 
men, women and children perished, most of the latter by the flames, 
and the sun rose on the ashes of the Pequot fort, without a single 
surviving defender. Mason lost but two of his men. The remnants 
of the tribe were pursued into their hiding places; no lives were 
spared, and the Pequot tribe was practically exterminated. This blow 
struck terror to the Indians throughout New England, and gave the 
colonies peace for forty years. 

But powerful Indian tribes remained in Massachusetts and Rhode 
Island, and in 1675, the most extensive Indian war in American 



HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 165 

annals, known as "King Philip's War:' broke out. Omens of coming 
trouble not only with the Indians, but with the Dutch and French who 
were encroaching on the English settlements, had before this led to 
the formation of the first American confederation, in which, under 
the name of "The United Colonies," the Massachussetts Bay, Ply- 
mouth, Connecticut and New Haven colonies united for mutual 
protection. The military organization was a simple one. The unit 
was the "train band," so called. These bands, if of cavalry, con- 
tained so men, if of infantry, 70, each band having a captain, one 
lieutenant, one ensign, a clerk, sergeants, corporals and a drummer. 
The highest regimental rank was that of major. The guns were the 
old match-locks, soon to be superseded by the flint-locks, and each 
private carried a horn of powder, a bag of bullets, a knapsack or bag 
containing several feet of fuse, and a crotched stick on which to 
rest his piece. There were about 75 such train bands in Massachu- 
setts at that time, and the governor was the "chief general." 

King Philip was the chief of the Wampanoags, otherwise called 
the Pokanokets, from their principal village. He was the son of 
Massasoit, the friendly chief who welcomed the first pilgrims. He 
had formed a league against the whites with the Narragansetts, 
who claimed most of Rhode Island and the adjacent territory. Hos- 
tilities began at first in a small way. Then the settlements at Brook- 
field, Deerfield and Springfield in the Connecticut Valley, were raided 
and burned. Hadley was saved by the courage of Goffe, the regicide, 
who emerged from his retreat to rally the frightened settlers and 
beat back the savages. The outlying settlements were abandoned by 
the settlers. The time had come to make another example. 

In December, 1676, an army of 1,000 men, under Gen. Josiah 
Winslow, governor of the Plymouth Colony, moved against the chief 
stronghold of the Narragansetts. This was an island of six acres 
in the centre of a cedar swamp, in the present town of South Kings- 
ton, R. I. It had a single entrance, accessible only by a footpath, 
which led along the trunk of a fallen tree. Within were some 500 
wigwams ; and the fort was defended, as the accounts of the time 
say, by 3,000 warriors, but some later historians reduce the number 
one-half. The march of the colonists to the swamp fort was a 
severe one, through snow two feet deep. The severe cold had frozen 
the swamp, so that the assailants could attack it at various points. 
After a fight of three hours it was carried by Winslow with a loss of 
70 men killed including six captains, and 200 men wounded, a number 
of whom died from exposure on the return march. The wigwams 
were fired and burned; from 300 to 700 warriors, as variously stated, 
were killed; 350 were taken prisoners and a thousand old men, 
women and children, more or less, perished by gunshots or in the 
flames. It was a savage fight and a fearful blow to Philip, but it 
did not end the war. In the months following Providence was 
attacked and fired; Warwick, R. I., was burned; the Narragansett 
region was abandoned by the settlers ; the settlements at Lancaster, 
Me^field, Weymouth, Groton and Marlboro, Mass., were laid in 
ashes, and all settlements were kept in constant alarm. A consider- 
able body of Indians formed an encampment at the falls of the Con- 
necticut, now known as Turner's Falls, in the present town of Green- 
field, Mass., where they had fine fishing of salmon. This camp was 
surprised by a company of about 100 mounted men from Hatfield, 
under Capt. Turner, at daybreak on the lOth of May, 1677. A hundred 



166 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Indians were shot down; 140 who took to their canoes were swept 
over the falls and drowned, and in all some 300 perished. Turner 
lost but one man. 

Many subsequent fights of less importance, but some of them 
very bloody ones, occurred; and thrilling stories of defences, escapes, 
and rescues fill many pages of legendary lore in those regions. But 
here, as elsewhere, in time the resources and spirit of the settlers 
proved to be too much for the Indians. Philip was shot by a faith- 
less follower; and the war came to an end after 13 settlements had 
been burned, 600 log houses destroyed, 600 men of the colonies 
slain, being one in every 11 of the fighting men of the colonies, and 
many more disabled by wounds. Of the Indians who surrendered, 
many were sold into slavery in the West Indies; some escaped into 
the Western wilds, beyond the reach of the white man, and the power 
of the Indian tribes came to an end in all southern New England. 

The succeeding colonial wars, four in number, were parts of 
the wars of England and France. The first of them, which began in 
1689 and lasted eight years, is known on this side of the Atlantic 
as "King William's War." Its most noted military event abroad was 
th battle of the Boyne, fought on Irish soil by William, Prince of 
Orange, against James II, aided by a French army under Marshal 
Lauzan. It was Protestant against Catholic and it established the 
kingdom of England as a Protestant power. On this side of the 
ocean in this and in subsequent wars the French made allies of the 
great Algonquin tribe and made extensive use of them in their forays 
on the English settlements. Chief among these raids were the cap- 
tures of Dover and Salmon Falls, N. H., and Casco Bay, Me. ; burn- 
ing of Schenectady in mid-winter, Feb. 8, 1690, when 60 settlers were 
killed and 90 captured; the capture of Port Royal, Acadia (now Nova 
Scotia), by a naval expedition from Massachusetts under Sir Wil- 
liam Phips; Major Schuyler's expedition against Canada, which attacked 
the French settlements on the Sorel river ; and the raid on Haverhill, 
Mass., in which 40 persons were killed or made captives, the Indians 
having learned that it was more profitable to keep prisoners for ran- 
som than to burn them at the stake. 

Neither side gained any territory in America in this war. 

The next war was 'Queen Anne's War," between England on 
one side and France and Spain on the other which began in 1702. 
This was the war in which England acquired Gibraltar, and Marl- 
borough won the famous victory of Blenheim. On this continent, 
Port Royal and Louisburg were again taken and Nova Scotia became 
a British province. 

In 171 1, an English fleet with a New England contingent sailed 
for Quebec, while a column under Sir Francis Nicholson started by 
way of Crown Point and Lake Champlain against Montreal. Most of 
the ships of the fleet were wrecked at the mouth of the St. 
Lawrence. The land expedition thereupon returned to Albany and 
the invasion was a failure. 

One of the incidents of this war was the capture of Deerfield. 
In the last week of February, 1704, 350 French and Indians under 
Captain Hertel de Rouville, came down from Canada to Colchester 
Point on the ice of Lake Champlain. Marching on snowshoes they 
passed up the then French River (now the Winooski) to "the height of 
land," as the old histories say, probably in Plainfield, and thence by 
way of Wells River to the Connecticut, and down that river to Deer- 



HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 167 

field, which was the northernmost settlement in the Connecticut 
river valley. They attacked the town at night, slew 47 of the inhab- 
itants, fired the village and carried away 112 prisoners. Among these 
were Rev. John Williams, the minister of the village, his wife and 
five cfiildren. Mrs. Williams was tomahawked on the first day's 
journey because she was too feeble to keep up with her captors ; Mr. 
Williams was held a prisoner for two years ; and one of his daughters 
became and remained during the rest of her life the wife of an Indian 
chief. This Rev. John Williams was the grandfather of Dr. Samuel 
Williams, who preached for a time in Rutland and Burlington, wrote 
the History of Vermont published in 1794, and with Judge Samuel 
Hitchcock drafted the first charter of the University of Vermont. 

Queen Anne's War ended in 1713, by the treaty of Utrecht. The 
colonists were, however, still apprehensive of Indian raids from the 
North and in the winter of 1724 Massachusetts sent from Northampton 
a party of twelve soldiers and four carpenters, under Col. John 
Stoddard, who built a block house of logs in the present town of 
Brattleboro. It was begun on the 3rd of February, and in the four 
months following was surrounded by a palisade of pine logs 25 feet 
high, enclosing an area of 180 feet square, within which were four 
"province houses," as they were called, with smaller cabins for the 
garrison. The fort was armed with one great gun and several 
swivels. This was Fort Dummer, so named from Lieut-Gov. Wil- 
liam Dummer of Massachusetts. It has been called by many histo- 
rians the first civilized settlement in the territory of Vermont. This 
was not strictly so, the first civilized occupancy of any part of Ver- 
mont having been made many years before by the French at Isle La 
Motte, where Capt. De La Motte built Fort St. Anne in 1665, and 
it is probable that at about that time a French outpost was established 
on Colchester Point ; but it was the first permanent settlement within 
the present limits of Vermont — the French settlements having been 
abandoned — and it was the first English settlement in Vermont. As 
such it is most worthy of commemoration. 

During the thirty-one years of peace which followed the treaty 
of Utrecht, the French were making rapid progress on this continent. 
They built Fort Niagara in 1728. They had trading posts along 
the great lakes, and they established more than sixty military stations, 
extending from Lake Ontario to the Mississippi and down the 
"Father of Waters" to New Orleans. They had pushed up the 
Champlain Valley, established a small post at Chimney Point in 
Addison County, and in 1731 built Fort Frederick at Crown Point 
on the opposite shore, which gave them command of the lake, and 
became the starting point of scouting and surveying parties and the 
base of some important expeditions in the later wars. 

The progress of the French was interrupted by the third colonial 
war, or "King George's War." This lasted four years. Among its 
incidents was an expedition of 900 French and Indians, under Vaud- 
reuil, sent from Crown Point in August, 1746, against Fort Massa- 
chusetts — the northernmost fortress of the Massachusetts colony, in 
what is now the town of Williamstown. The fort was commanded 
by Colonel Hawks, who had but 33 souls in the garrison, including 
several women and children. Hawks defended it for 24 hours, 
when his powder gave out and he surrendered on condition that 
none of the garrison should be delivered to the Indians — a pledge at 
once violated by the delivery of half of their number to the savages. 



168 SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 

Another expedition attacked "Number Four" in what is now Charles- 
town, N. H. This fort was defended by Capt. Phineas Stevens, the 
great grandfather of Henry Stevens, the Vermont antiquarian, with 
so much spirit that the French commander, Debeline, after a few 
days' siege gave up the attack and returned to Crown Point. 

The most important event of this war was the capture of Louis- 
burg, on Cape Breton Island. This fortress was built to command 
the entrance to the Bay of St. Lawrence. Its fortifications cost 
five million dollars. It was called the "Gibraltar of America" and 
it was the strongest fortress on the Atlantic coast. It was besieged 
by an army of about 3,000 farmers, mechanics and fishermen, turned 
for the time into soldiers, 2,000 of them being from Massachusetts, 
700 from Maine and 300 from New Hampshire. They were com- 
manded by William Pepperell, a Maine merchant, whose only military 
training and experience had been gained in the frontier warfare with 
the Indians, which made every able-bodied man in the colonies to 
some extent a soldier. His friend Whitefield, the famous Methodist 
preacher, gave him as a motto for his flag: "Nil desperandum Christo 
duce," and "Parson Moody" was the chaplain of the expedition. 
Pepperell landed men, dug trenches and established breaching bat- 
teries, while a fleet of armed sloops kept off the French ships which 
would have reinforced the garrison. After a seige of 49 days, Louis- 
burg surrendered on the 17th of June, 1745, and on the coming 17th 
of June, the 150th anniversary of that event will be celebrated by the 
General Society of Colonial Wars by the dedication of a monument to 
be erected by that society at Louisburg. Louisburg was given back 
to the French by the treaty of Aix La Chapelle, which ended this 
war, in 1748. 

We come now to the French and Indian War. The three pre- 
vious wars were but echoes and eddies of the greater strifes in 
Europe ; but this was strictly an American war arising out of the 
great American question of that time, the settlement of which was 
to decide, as it did effectually decide, which of those two great martial 
nations, England and France, which for over four hundred years 
had been almost as much at war as at peace with each other, and 
between which to this day no love has been lost, should control this 
North American continent. 

The first shot in this war was fired in the spring of 1754 by 
George Washington, then at nineteen a major of Virginia militia, 
in a collision between advance parties of French and English, at 
Great Meadows in western Pennsylvania. One of its principal events 
was Braddock's memorable defeat near Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburg, 
in which the British regulars, 2,000 strong, were ambushed and shot 
down, "like pigeons" as an Indian chief said, by the French and their 
Indian allies. 

Another was the battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1775, in which 
the colonial army of 3,000 men under Gen. William Johnson met and 
repulsed the French column of 1,800 French and Indians under 
Dieskau advancing from Crown Point. In the opening action of 
this battle, at Bloody Pond, Col. Ephraim Williams, the founder of 
Williams College, who commanded a Massachusetts regiment, was 
killed. In the main action the same day Dieskau was defeated, 
wounded, captured and shot by his captor; and in the final action 
on the same day a body of the retreating Frenchmen was attacked 
and cut to pieces by a force of 200 men under Capt. McGinnis of New 



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Hampshire. Other important events were the capture of Fort Oswe- 
go, with its garrison of 1,400 men, by Montcalm; the siege of Fort 
William Henry in August, I7S7, and the horrible massacre of its 
garrison by the Indian allies of Montcalm after the surrender. Stung 
by these reverses, the English government under William Pitt was 
roused to energetic action and the campaigns of 1758 were carried on 
by an English army aggregating 50.000 men, of which number 22,000 
were British regulars, and 28,000 provincials. The results of these 
campaigns were the capture of Louisburg with 6,000 prisoners, by 
Gen Amherst ; the defeat of Abercrombie with his army of 15,000, 
at Ticonderoga, by Montcalm with 4,000 men ; the capture of Fort 
Duquesne by Gen. Forbes, and of Fort Frontenac (now Kingston, 
Canada) by Col. Bradstreet. These successes were followed in 1759 
by the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point by Gen. Amherst; 
the capture of Fort Niagara by Gen. Johnson ; the memorable battle 
on the Heights of Abraham, in which both commanders, Wolfe and 
Montcalm, were mortally wounded, and the consequent surrender of 
Quebec and of the French forces at Montreal. These victories vir- 
tually ended the war ; but the Indians continued to be very hostile 
in the Northwest, under the lead of Pontiac, who attacked and took 
a number of English outposts and had their own way till the colonists 
rallied and subdued the savages. 

The war ended in the treaty of Paris, in 1763. By this treaty 
France gave up to England Canada and all her American posses- 
sions east of the Mississippi except New Orleans. Spain, who was 
France's ally, ceded Florida to England ; and the English race be- 
came the undisputed masters of this continent. 

The details of many of the events thus hastily sketched are of 
surpassing interest and we may hope that some of them, especially 
the exceedingly important and interesting ones which occurred in 
the region of Lake Champlain and Lake George, will be less prosily 
described, at future meetings of this society. 



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OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY 

OF 

COLONIAL WARS, 1905-1908. 



Governor-General — Arthur J. C. Sowdon, Boston, Mass. 
Vice-Gov.-General — Howland Pell, New York, N. Y. 
Secretary-General — Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, 258 Broadway, N. Y. 
Dep. Secretary-General — Guy Van Amringe, 45 William St., N. Y. 
Treasurer-General — William MacPherson Hornor, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
Dep. Treasurer-General — David Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Registrar-General — George Norbury Mackenzie, Baltimore, Md. 
Historian-General — Thomas Page Grant, M. D., Louisville, Ky. 
Chaplain-General — Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Boston, Mass. 
Surgeon-General — James Gregory Mumford, M. D., Boston, Mass. 
Chancellor-General — Prof. Theo. Salisbury Woolsey, New Haven, Conn. 

DEPUTY GOVERNORS-GENERAL. 

California — Hon. Frank P. Flint, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C. 

Colorado — Frank Trumbull, Denver, Col. 

Connecticut — Bela Peck Learned, Norwich, Conn. 

Delaware — William Alexander LaMotte, Wilmington, Del. 

Dist. of Columbia — Thomas Hyde, Washington, D. C. 

Georgia — John Avery Gore Carson, Savannah, Ga. 

Illinois — John Smith Sargent, Chicago, 111. 

Indiana — Alexander F. Fleet, Culver, Ind. 

Iowa — Judson Keith Deming, Dubuque, la. 

Kentucky — Hon. Daniel Linn Gooch, Covington, Ky. 

Maine — Fritz Hermann Jordan, Portland, Me. 

Maryland — Hon. Henry Stockbridge, Baltimore, Md. 

Massachusetts — Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins, D. D., Concord, Mass. 

Michigan — Theodore Horatio Eaton, Detroit, Mich. 

Minnesota — Gen. James Franklin Wade, U. S. A., St. Paul, Minn. 

Missouri — John Barber White, Kansas City, Mo. 

Nebraska — 

New Hampshire — Prof. Charles Lathrop Parsons, Durham, N. H. 

New Jersey — Emory McClintock, Morristown, N. J. 



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New York — Walter Lispenard Suydam, New York, N. Y. 
Ohio — Michael Myers Shoemaker, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Pennsylvania — Richard McCall Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Rhode Island — George Corliss Nightingale, Providence, R. I. 
Vermont — Robert Noble, Burlington, Vt. 

Virginia — Richard Thos. Walker Duke, Jr., Charlottesville, Va. 
Washington — John Kennedy Stout, Spokane, Wash. 
Wisconsin — Wyman Kneeland Flint, Milwaukee, Wis. 

SECRETARIES OF STATE SOCIETIES, 1906. 

California — Harrison Babcock Alexander, Los Angeles, Cal. 

Colorado — Chauncey Edward Dewey, Denver, Col. 

Connecticut — Frank Butler Gay, Hartford, Conn. 

Delaware — Willard Hall Porter, Wilmington, Del. 

Dist. of Columbia — Walter C. Clephane, Washington, D. C. 

Georgia — Claire C. Quackenbush, Savannah, Ga. 

Illinois — Roger Sherman, Chicago, 111. 

Indiana — William O. Bates, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Iowa — John Ely Brady, Dubuque, la. 

Kentucky — George T. Wood, Louisville, Ky. 

Maine — Philip Foster Turner, Portland, Me. 

Maryland — Robert Burton, Baltimore, Md. 

Massachusetts — Edward Webster McGlenen, Boston, Mase. 

Michigan — Clarence Ashley Lightner, Detroit, Mich. 

Minnesota — William Gardner White, St. Paul, Minn. 

Missouri — Hobart Brinsmade, St. Louis, Mo. 

Nebraska — Edward Catlin Webster, Omaha, Neb. 

New Hampshire — Fred. Winslow Morse, Durham, N. H. 

New lersey — John Eyerman, Easton, Pa. 

New York — Henry Gansevoort Sanford, New York, N. Y. 

Ohio — James Wilson Bullock, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Pennsylvania — Edward Stalker Sayres, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Rhode Island — Henry Brayton Rose, Providence, R. I. 

Vermont — Byron Nathaniel Clark, Burlington, Vt. 

Virginia — Thomas Boiling, Jr., Richmond, Va. 

Washington — Hiram Burns Ferris, Spokane, Wash. 

Wisconsin — Henry Alvin Crosby, Milwaukee, Wis. 



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IN THE 

STATE OF VERMONT 



OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1906 
Governor, Daniel Webster Robinson, Burlington. 
Deputy-Oovernor, Jacob Gray Estey, Brattleboro. 
Lieutenant-Oovernor, John Heman Converse, Philadelphia. 
Secretary, Byron Nathaniel Clark, Burlington. 
Deputy-Secretary, John Henry Booth, Plattsburgh. 
Treasurer, Harry Stinson Howard, Burlington. 
Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Butler, Concord. 
Historian, Charles Allen Converse, Philadelphia. 
Registrar, Charles Edwin Allen, Burlington. 
Chancellor, Albert Tuttle, Fair Haven. 
Surgeon, LeRoy Monroe Bingham, Burlington. 
Gentlemen of the Council (for three years), 

William James Van Patten, Burlington. 

Charles Spooner Forbes, St. Albans. 
Gentlemen of the Council holding over (for two years), 

Heman Woods Allen, Burlington. 

Truman Chittenden Fletcher, St. Johnsbury. 

Edward Wells, Burlington. 
Gentlemen of the Council holding over (for one year). 

William Paul Dillingham, Montpelier. 
Committee on Membership, 

Charles Edwin Allen, Burlington. 

Albert Tuttle, Fair Haven. 

Horace Edward Dyer, Rutland. 

Henry Edward Dyer, Rutland. 

Henry Landon Ward, Burlington. 

Charles Lincoln Woodbury, Burlington. 
Committee on Historical Documents, 

George Grenville Benedict, Burlington. 

William James Van Patten, Burlington. 

Elias Lyman, Burlington. 

Edward Philo Woodbury, Burlington. 

Benjamin Franklin Fifield, Montpelier. 
Committee on Installation, 

George Worthington, Bennington. 

Carroll Smalley Page, Hyde Park. 

Henry Wells, Burlington. 

Frederick Albert Richardson, New York City. 

Ralph Wi'ight Putnam, Putnamville. 



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